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Tom & Pete

Thanks for your comments.

Pete--- I agree that sometimes astrophotography can be frustrating, but then if it was easy, anyone could do it.

Roger

Finally .... a clear night! We are about 10 weeks into 2024 and so far I have only been able to image 8 times due to cloudy/rainy weather (or full Moon). I did get out last night to image Messier 88. I have been wanting to image both M88 and M98 (both in Coma Berenices) for a while. I don't know why...

My wife and I were in Lake Placid for the total eclipse. I setup my ES80 refractor with a Nikon D7100 DSLR on a iOptron CEM26 mount to do some imaging. I used the technique that I talked about in previous ASSNE meeting to perform a daytime alignment. I started imaging about 10 minutes before first c...

Pete

Nice shot of Leo Triplet...which is one of my favorite galaxy groups.

Good to see you are back imaging. Now if we can only get a few good clear nights...

Roger

I reprocessed NGC4228 to try and bring out more of the galaxy

I am glad that somebody was able to image the comet.

I agree that the advent of this new technology really opens up the field of astrophotography. The results are really amazing.

Roger

Pete
Thanks ... it was struggle, but I was determined to get out and image something. Taking 184 images was a big help since it allowed me to cull out the images impacted by wind gusts (which were many).

Roger

The nights suitable for imaging have been few and far between. Last night was far from ideal. The Moon was bright and there were 15 to 20 MPH wind gusts. I decided to give it a try anyway. I decided to image the barred dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 4228. It is situated in Canes Venatici so it was prett...

Last night I was able to get out and image NGC 3501 & NGC 3507 galaxies in Leo. Leo is situated ideally for imaging since it is low in the East at twilight. Both are spiral galaxies but NGC 3501 is edge-on while NGC 3507 is face-on. I was able to acquire 130 images (2 minute subs, -20C, binned 1...

Pete

Thanks ... this image was a bit of a struggle.

The weather does not look good for imaging for at least a week.

Roger