Deep Sky Imaging Session - April 29, 2025

The sky past midnight is clear but slightly hazy, I only setup the Borg 76ED Refractor to image M17 Swan / Omega Nebula in the constellation of Sagittarius as I'm so tired and sleepy that I only force myself to image this early morning as the rainy season will be starting soon as I have to grab as much imaging time before it gets frequently cloudy and rainy next month onwards. True enough, midway clouds started to interfere with my imaging session and I wasted almost an hour waiting for the clouds to disperse where M17 is located in the sky. I'm still fortunate to be able to get about 1.5 hours worth of integration time before dawn.

Deep Sky Imaging Session - April 28, 2025

The sky this early morning is clear but slightly hazy a bit. I still setup my imaging rig to image M16 Eagle Nebula in the constellation of Serpens using my ZWO ASI294MC PRO Astro Camera on Borg 76ED Refractor with 0.8x Reducer / Flattener as well as M17 Swan / Omega Nebula in the constellation of Sagittarius using Dwarf 3 Smart Scope at Astro Mode with Duo Filter at EQ Mode. Both images were taken with total exposure of 120 minutes.

Deep Sky Imaging Session - April 27, 2025

The sky around midnight is clear and seeing condition is good. I image NGC 6334 Cat's Paw Nebula in the constellation of Scorpius using my Borg 76ED with ZWO ASI294MC PRO with 0.8x Reducer / Flattener and M16 Eagle Nebula in Serpens using Dwarf 3 Smart Scope. Both were taken with 120 minutes total exposure.

Deep Sky Imaging Session - April 25, 2025

The sky around midnight is a bit clear so I setup to image NGC6357 Lobster Nebula in the constellation of Scorpius. I also try to get a reference star image of T CrB variable star in the constellation of Corona Borealis which is expected to possibly flare up again to its magnitude 2 peak brightness from its current magnitude 10+. Although several early prediction said that it will erupt last year but up to now, no signs yet but this kind of prediction is much like Volcano Eruption prediction which is impossible to get accurately so at least I got a reference image in case it does erupt this year or next... I also manage to image the beautiful M13 Great Hercules globular star cluster in the constellation of Hercules.

Solar Imaging Session - April 18, 2025

The sky this lunchtime is clear and seeing condition very good. AR4062 Region continues to grow in size as well as AR4064. New AR4067 Region is also promising. No large prominences visible on the Sun's limb as well today.

Solar Imaging Session - April 17, 2025

The sky this afternoon is clear but seeing condition is poor. AR4062 Region is the largest group on the Sun's disk followed by AR4064 and AR4060 Regions. Very small prominences can be seen on the Sun's limb. A quiet Sun indeed.

Deep Sky Imaging Session - April 12-13, 2025

The sky this evening at Viewscape Nature Park is partly cloudy but it later started to cleared up late in the evening till past midnight. I was with Alex Fajardo who brought along his ZWP Seestar twin S50 and S30 Smart Scopes while I brought along my usual Borg 76ED Refractor mounted on an ZWO AM5 mount as well as Dwarf 3 Smart Scope. We were later joined by Viewscape veteran Jhun Bogtae around midnight to meet with us and also try to image the new comet C/2025 F2 Swan which will be rising before sunrise in the NE horizon. He brought along his Astro Scientific AR102 Refractor mounted on a ZWO AM3 mount. I was able to image IC2944 Running Chicken Nebula in the constellation of Carina and M8 Lagoon and M20 Triffid Nebula in the constellation of Sagittarius using the Borg 76ED Refractor. I also image NGC 6357 Lobster and NGC6334 Cat's Paw Nebula in the constellation of Scorpius using the Dwarf 3 Smart Scope. I also manage to get a short 3 minute total exposure of the Comet C/2025 F2 Swan in the constellation of Pegasus just before the sky brightens up before 5:00am. The comet is very small on my Borg 76ED Refractor but is bright enough to be captured at around magnitude +7.5 . Overall, the session was great as was able to meetup Jhun for the 1st time since we are friends several years ago already. After our traditional group shot, we had a hot bulalo soup and rice as breakfast before going home feeling satisfied. Hope to observe again with these wonderful guys!

Asteroid 8 Flora Passed by NGC 3628 Galaxy

Yesterday was cloudy so I wasnt able to image Asteroid 8 Flora passing through NGC 3628 in constellation Leo. But after our basketball practice game, I try to image it through passing thin cloud and haze but was only able to capture a short 23 minute integration time only thus a slightly noisy image but the asteroid is bright enough to be visible on the image nevertheless.

Lunar Imaging Session - April 10, 2025

The sky this evening is clear and the beautiful Waxing Gibbous Moon (almost 94.8%)is rising high from the eastern horizon thus I just made a quickie shot of it using Dwarf 3 Smart Scope at Astro Mode with VIS Filter at AZ mode. 50 stacked imaged with 1/800 sec exposure at Gain 0 before it get obstructed by the building.