Wonders of the Night Sky

Category: Astronomy

  • New Filters, New Images!

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    glen
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    Last summer I bought a set of narrow band filters selling off some older Ham Radio equipment I no longer used. The filters are an SHO set (Sulphur, Hydrogen & Oxygen (Sii, Ha, Oiii)). Due to weather & Travel …Lots of Travel, This night was first chance I got to try out the new filters.…

  • New image of M42/M43

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    glen
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    Last night was the third night out with the new SVBony telescope & iOptron mount combination, and the first night of ‘Real’ imaging. The two previous nights were mostly working out the the growing pains but I did get a few of the Horsehead Nebula which were posted earlier. Last night I set out to…

  • New Scope & Mount

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    glen
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    I recently picked up a new scope & goto mount, primarily to be a Portable setup, so weight & size were the most important when I was looking around. I used an old tripod that came with a Meade 4.5″ Newtonian GEM but had the head damaged many, many years ago. The legs were still…