December 19th 2045 GMT Flame Nebula
I tried to photograph the part of the Flame Nebula near
Altinak. I did a 62 minute integration run with the Seestar S50.
I did 21 minutes integration time on M46 with the Seestar S50.
I did 41 minutes integration time with the Seestar S50 on M47.
December 16th 2300 GMT Jupiter and Altinak
I shot videos of Jupiter's moons then the planet with the
Seestar S50.
December 16th 2015 GMT Horsehead Nebula
I photographed the Horsehead Nebula with the Seestar S50. I stacked several images, including ones from 13th, with a maximum integration time of 122 minutes, in Deep Sky Stacker, using the "best pixel" method.
December 14th 0019 GMT Meteor
As I was packing away my DSLR camera, a bright magnitude -2 Geminid Meteor flashed left of Orion.
December 13th 2215 GMT Meteor Hunt
I set up the DSLR camera with an intervalometer to take photographs of the Gemini area at 18mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 6 seconds exposure, on repeat, in an attempt to capture Geminid meteors.
I caught one at 2346 GMT. It was a short trail near the centre of the image in Auriga.
December 13th 2110 GMT Jupiter and Deep Sky
I started off with the "cluster" NGC1746 in Taurus with the Seestar S50. I had found it by accident when photographing Taurus. It is actually an asterism that includes the real open star clusters NGC1750 and NGC1758.
I shot videos of Jupiter with moons and the planet on its own with
the Seestar S50. The planetary video just produced a blank disc with no features.
I photographed the Horsehead Nebula with the Seestar S50. I had 17 minutes integration time before the battery ran out!
December 13th 0950 GMT Sun
I videoed the sun with the Seestar S50. This time, the dreaded Newton's rings appeared on the green data, so I processed only the red data, instead.
December 12th 2250 GMT Deep Sky
I photographed the open star cluster NGC1647 with the Seestar S50. I used a total integration time of 79 minutes and tidied using GraXpert and GIMP.
December 12th 2235 GMT Jupiter
I took videos of Jupiter with moons and alone with the Seestar S50.
I combined the two images.
December 10th 2130 GMT Jupiter and the Flame Nebula
I used the Seestar S50 to photograph Jupiter alone and with it's moons.
I used Framing mode on the Seestar S50 to attempt to
photograph the whole area of the Flame Nebula. I did a 61 minute integration run. I was amazed that I caught the Horsehead Nebula.
I took a half hour integration run with the Seestar S50 on the Cone Nebula (bottom).
December 10th 1800 GMT Saturn
I shot a video of Saturn with the Seestar S50. Unfortunately, the stack did not work. A still image showed the rings.
I tried to photograph the moons with the Seestar S50 but cloud rolled in after 10 seconds. I caught Titan, Saturn's largest and brightest moon.
I combined the two images.
December 10th 0650 GMT Moon
I took a video of the moon with the Seestar S50.
December 9th 2100 GMT Jupiter and M78
I used the Seestar S50 to record a video of Jupiter and a
Solar System mode image of the moons. The video did not record but the moons looked good.
I did a long session on the Nebula M78, although moonlight
interfered towards the end of the session. The total integration time was 468 minutes.
I had a go at the asteroid Hygeia. I did a 4 minute integration run and finished in GraxPert and GIMP. Hygeia is in the middle of the image about 3/4 of the way down. The bright star at the bottom right is 5 Geminorum.
December 7th 2345 Moon and Jupiter
I photographed Jupiter's moons with the Seestar S50.
I took a video of the moon with the Seestar S50.
I photographed the moon and Jupiter with my phone camera.
December 7th 2200 GMT Moon
I attempted two video captures of the moon with the Seestar S50 but cloud intervened. I stacked and combined both videos. The result was not great but, considering the conditions, was quite encouraging.
December 6th 0030 GMT Moon and Jupiter
I photographed the moon and Jupiter together with my phone camera. I also caught some of the brighter stars, such as Sirius. Procyon and Rigel.
December 5th 2200 GMT Moon
Against all odds, the cloud thinned enough to see the moon. I took a one minute video using the Seestar S50. It was longer, due to the poor conditions.
December 4th 2000 GMT Mixed Session
The moon was just past full, so conditions were not great for much else.
I snapped Saturn's moons with the Seestar S50 in Stargazing mode. I did 3 integration runs with a maximum integration time of 7 minutes, stacked with Deep Sky Stacker and finished in GIMP.
I took a video of Saturn but struggled with focus and ik did not record, anyway.
I photographed the dwarf planet Ceres with the Seestar S50
against the stellar background. It is the fainter of two "stars" near the centre of the image.
I photographed Uranus with the Seestar S50 against the stellar background.
I took a video of the moon with the Seestar S50.
I photographed the open cluster M35 with the Seestar S50. I stacked 3 integration runs for a total of 79 minutes. I finished with GraXpert and GIMP.
I photographed Jupiter in Stargazing then Scenery mode with
the Seestar S50.
I took a video of the planet.
I went for the elusive Nebula M78.
December 4th 1710 GMT Moon
I tried to photograph the moon but it was too low. I caught Capella as a by-product of the search.
December 3rd 1730 GMT Moon
I caught a break in the clouds and rain to shoot a video of the moon with the Seestar S50.
December 3rd 1020 GMT Sun
I shot a video of the sun with the Seestar S50. I stacked using Registax and removed the colour saturation to leave a cleaner image.
December 3rd 0545 GMT M51
I woke up early, so I photographed the galaxy M51 with the Seestar S50. I did a 21 minute integration run before dawn interfered.
December 2nd 2030 GMT Moon
As part of the moon was missing from the last shoot, I
recorded another video with the Seestar S50.
