Jupiter Imaging Session - January 9, 2026

The sky this evening is partly cloudy so I opted to image gas giant Jupiter instead of deep sky object. It's been a while since I do planetary imaging again as I mostly image the Sun, Moon and deep sky objects. I capture Jupiter this evening with the Great Red Spot as well as Io Transit using ZWO ASI294MC Pro Astro Camera on Meade 8" f/10 SCT with TV 2.5x Powermate on ZWO AM5 mount. Seeing is fair but I'm still happy with the result as I can rate myself a newbie in term of planetary imaging.

Lunar Imaging Session - January 3, 2026

The sky this evening is partly cloudy but I still proceeded to capture 1st Full Moon of 2026, the Supermoon or Wolf Moon using my Dwarf 3 Smart Scope using Astro Mode with VIS Filter at AZ Mode. 20 stacked images of 1/500 sec exposure at Gain 0.

Lunar Imaging Session - December 31, 2025

The sky this evening is hazy but nevertheless, I proceeded to capture the last Moon imaging session for me for 2025. I capture the Waxing Gibbous Moon using my Dwarf 3 Smart Scope Astro Mode with VIS Filter at AZ Mode. Stacked of 20 images at 1/400 sec exposure at Gain 0.

Solar Imaging Session - December 30, 2025

The sky this late afternoon is very hazy and seeing condition is not that good. AR4325 and AR4324 Regions are the larger sunspot groups on the Sun's disk while AR4321 Region is near the western limb already with AR4317 Region also nearing the NW limb as well. There is also a huge collapsed eruptive prominence visible in the SE limb.

Solar Imaging Session - December 28, 2025

The sky this afternoon is clear but hazy and seeing condition is very good. AR4317 and AR4321 are the main large sunspot groups on the solar disk while new AR4324 and AR4323 and AR4325 Region are showing active flaring activities on its regions. 2 nice large solar prominences can also be seen in the SE limb.

Deep Sky Imaging Session - December 27, 2025

The sky past midnight cleared up a bit for me to get a 2 hour decent image of NGC2244 Rosette Nebula with the Dwarf 3 and using Stellar Studio to auto process the image itself as well as stacking it. Not bad IMHO when you are tired but I will reprocess this image later after getting some rest.

Lunar Imaging Session - December 26, 2025

The sky this evening is hazy and many clouds as well so I decided to just take a picture of the Quarter Moon using Dwarf 3 Smart Scope at Astro Mode with VIS Filter at AZ Mode. Stack of 20 images at 1/400 sec exposure at Gain 0.