Deep Sky Imaging Session - February 17, 2025

The sky this evening is clear after a hard rainfall this afternoon. I took this opportunity to image SH2-308 Dolphin Head Nebula in the constellation of Canis Major . I was able to image this nebula before also under the light polluted sky of Manila last March 2023 but my image processing skill was very novice. With some added knowledge in the coming years, I attempted again this faint nebula in the city of Manila once again using 3 hours total exposure using my trusty ZWO ASI294MC PRO Astro Camera on Borg 76ED Refractor with 1x Flattener and SVBony SV220 Duo Band Filter at -5 deg C. I know I need to give justice to this beautiful faint nebula by adding more integration time in the future. Nevertheless, I'm very happy with the output.

Deep Sky & Lunar Imaging Session - February 16-17, 2025

The sky this evening is clear so I also setup my Dwarf 3 Smart Scope beside my usual Borg 76ED imaging rig. I was trying out its mosaic mode to try to give some room in imaging NGC2244 Rosette Nebula in the constellation of Monoceros. I try to increase the FOV by 1.5x on both sides to see how it goes. Unfortunately, my imaging session was cut short by suddenly appearance of large cloud cover thus ending my session with a mere 13 minutes of total exposure only. I was also able to image afterwards through small cloud opening the Waning Gibbous Moon before I packup.

Deep Sky Imaging Session - February 16-17, 2025

The sky this evening is clear so I once again try to image NGC2359 Thor's Helmet Nebula in the constellation of Canis Major and was lucky enough to get a 2 hour worth of data before I got clouded out again.

Solar Imaging Session - February 16, 2025

The sky this afternoon is very cloudy and seeing condition is not that good. I only image full disk through small opening on the cloud with the Dwarf 3 Smart Scope and didn't image high resolution for this session.

Deep Sky Imaging Session - February 15, 2025

The sky this late evening is partly clear so I quickly setup to image NGC2359 Thor's Helmet Nebula in the constellation of Canis Major. But my luck runs out as I was only able to get a total exposure of only 36 minutes as clouds suddenly covered the entire sky thus ending my short session :( Nevertheless I still was able to get some decent detail on this nebula and I hope to be able to get a full exposure of this nebula in the days to come.

Lunar Imaging Session - February 12, 2025

The sky this evening is clear but the Full Moon dominates the whole sky so no DSO imaging for me tonight. I use my Dwarf 3 Smart Scope at Astro Mode with VIS Filter at AZ mode to image at Full Moon using stacked 50 images at 1/1000 sec exposure at Gain 0.

Solar Imaging Session - February 12, 2025

The sky this afternoon is clear and seeing condition is very good. 3 moderate sized sunspot groups are visible on the Sun's disk. In Ha wavelength, AR3987 Region has some flaring activity in its core while the rest of the region are very quiet. Giving life to the solar view in Ha are 3 nice large prominences visible in the SE, NW and SW limb. I was also able to get a white light full disk using Dwarf 3 smart scope.