Deep Sky Imaging Session - November 4, 2024

The sky this evening is partly cloudy but have numerous cloud openings that I proceeded to setup to try imaging Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas but unfortunately, clouds doesn't want to cooperate even for a short while thus I opted to try imaging NGC7000 North American Nebula in the constellation of Cygnus. I initially thought I could get away to image this beautiful emission nebula but I ran out of luck as I was only able to image for 16 minutes before I got totally clouded out! :( Nevertheless, I'm still happy with the result even with such a very short integration time. NGC7000 North American Nebula was taken using ZWO ASI294MC PRO Astro Camera on Borg 76ED Refractor with 0.8x Reducer / Flattener and SVBony SV220 Duo Filter. Total exposure of 16 minutes (8 x 120 sec) at -5 deg C.

Deep Sky Imaging Session - November 2-3, 2024

The sky this evening is slightly hazy but almost clear, so I setup my imaging rig at the roofdeck to image the beautiful NGC7293 (C63) Helix Nebula in the constellation of Aquarius. Honestly, I had been wanting to image this beauty for a very long time but I always find a lazy way to not image it in the city thinking it is obstructed by our nearby buildings and during this time of the year which is our rainy season. But this week, I have been seriously enough to push myself to do it so some careful plannings and knowing the obstruction areas of our roofdeck and find the best area to setup to be able to image it. The Helix Nebula was taken using ZWO ASI294MC PRO astro camera on Borg 76ED Refractor with 1x Flattener and SVBony SV220 Duo Band Filter. Total exposure of 60 minutes (30 x 120sec) at -5 deg C. After imaging Helix Nebula, I proceeded to image another one of my astro image bucket lists in IC 1805 Heart Nebula in the constellation of Cassiopeia. The Heart Nebula was taken using ZWO ASI294MC PRO astro camera on Borg 76ED Refractor with 0.8x Reducer / Flattener and SVBony SV220 Duo Band Filter. Total exposure of 90 minutes (45 x 120sec) at -5 deg C. After 2 consecutive nights of imaging, I called it quits after IC1805 so that I can get some good sleep and fight another night in the days to come.

Deep Sky Imaging Session - November 2, 2024

The sky in the evening was cloudy and even rained hard but after midnight, the sky started to clear up surprisingly and I quickly setup my imaging rig and image the beautiful IC405 Flaming Star Nebula in the constellation of Auriga. I was able to image this nebula using ZWO ASI294MC PRO astro camera on Borg 76ED Refractor with 0.8x Reducer / Flattener and SVBony SV220 7nm Duo Narrowband Filter with a total exposure of 120minutes (24 x 5 mins) at -5 deg C.