August 2025

August 2nd 2230 GMT Pelican Nebula 

 

I used Framing mode with the Seestar S50 to try to get a better image of the Pelican Nebula (NGC 5070).

August 2nd 2135 GMT Meteor Hunt 

I set my DSLR camera to 18mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 6 seconds exposure in the hope of catching some meteors. I set my intervalometer to take photos every 6 seconds, as usual.

At 2210 GMT, a bright meteor with a short trail appeared at the top left of the photo. The short trail suggested that it was sporadic.

At 2218 GMT a bright Perseid meteor appeared.

At 2232 GMT, I caught a faint sporadic meteor.

At 2251 GMT, I caught a faint Perseid meteor in Cassiopeia.

At 2255 GMT, I caught a very faint Perseid meteor near the top of the photo. The background is a bit messy because I needed to brighten the photo to show the meteor.

At 2321 GMT, I caught a short trail Perseid meteor with my DSLR camera at 18mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 6 seconds exposure.

At 0016 GMT I caught another Perseid meteor.

As I had taken a decentish photo of Cassiopeia at the end of July, I did not produce any constellation shots.

August 2nd 2121 GMT Meteor 

I was checking to see if the sky was dark enough when I saw a bright Perseid meteor flash near Pegasus. It seemed about magnitude -3.

August 2nd 2035 GMT Moon 

 

I took some full disc lunar shots with my Seestar S50.

I adjusted the zoom to 4x, brightness and focus to capture some lunar closeups with the Seestar S50.

August 2nd 0910 GMT Sun 

 

I used the Seestar S50 to capture the Sun. I turned the exposure and gain right down and saw a few sunspots.

 

I set the zoom to 4x on the Seestar S50 to capture some sunspot closeups.

August 2nd 0315 GMT Venus 

 

I photographed Venus with Capella with my phone camera.