Solar Imaging Session - October 16, 2026

The sky this morning and afternoon is very cloudy and it even rained around 2:00pm PST! But that didn't kill my enthusiasm to image the Sun today so I got to get a good timing around 3:30pm PST before I would be able to image the Sun! That's about almost 6 hours wait  (9:30-3:30pm PST)  just to get a chance to image the Sun :) LOL Anyway, the seeing condition is not that good but still got the solar data nevertheless before the Sun got obstructed by the far building to conclude my imaging session for the day. AR4551 Region is still the group to be nice to monitor. In Ha wavelength, there is also a nice large Hedgerow Prominence in the SE limb.

Lunar Imaging Session - October 15, 2026

The sky this evening is partly cloudy so took this opportunity to image the Waxing Crescent Moon as well as a slightly overexposed earthshine using Dwarf 3 Smart Scope at Astro Mode with VIS Filter at AZ Mode with stack of 20 images both at 1/125sec exposure at Gain 0 and 1 second exposure at Gain 60.

Solar Imaging Session - October 15, 2026

The sky this late morning is partly cloudy but seeing condition is very good. AR4551 Region still has the biggest sunspot group on the Sun's disk. In Ha wavelength, a nice long dark filament can be seen just above the AR4551 Region while another interesting large eruptive prominence can be seen in the NE limb as well.

Deep Sky Imaging Session - October 14, 2026

The sky this evening is slightly hazy but clear. But I'm having a frozen shoulder and stiff neck since yesterday that I just use a quickie setup of my Dwarf 3 Smart Scope to take some short 30min exposure of M24 Galactic Center Cluster as well as M22 Globular Cluster in the constellation of Sagittarius just to break my long DSO imaging hiatus to get me going again in the days to come. Images came out ok for me despite this short exposure. Still happy with the result. Hope to get back to image more in the days to come with my cooled imaging rig setup.

Solar Imaging Session - October 14, 2026

The sky this afternoon is partly cloudy and I continue to setup to image the Sun. Unfortunately, I was only able to image the Sun in full disk whitelight wavelength only before I got clouded out totally. Image was taken using Dwarf 3 Smart Scope at Astro Mode with Solar Filter at AZ Mode with stack of 20 images at 1/2000sec exposure at Gain 0. AR4551 Region is the largest group on the Sun's disk right now and worth monitoring in the days to come. Hopefully will be able to image the group at high resolution both whitelight and Ha wavelength.

Solar Imaging Session - October 7, 2026

The sky this late afternoon is partly clear but I came home late this afternoon thus I just image the Sun in full disk whitelight wavelength only using Dwarf 3 Smart Scope at Astro Mode with Solar Filter at AZ Mode with stack of 20 images at 1/1000 sec exposure at Gain 0.

Lunar Imaging Session - September 30, 2026

The sky this evening is partly clear and I capture the Waning Gibbous Moon as it is rising from the NE horizon using my Dwarf 3 Smart Scope at Astro Mode with VIS Filter at AZ Mode with stack of 20 images at 1/125sec exposure at Gain 0.

Solar Imaging Session - September 28, 2026

The sky this afternoon is clear and seeing condition is good. AR4535 Region is the only group visible on the Sun's disk. There are also several nice eruptive prominences in the NW and SE limb to compensate for the dull Sun.

Lunar Imaging Session - September 27, 2026

The sky this evening is partly cloudy and but the Full Moon is very beautiful and hard to resist imaging it through my Dwarf 3 Smart Scope at Astro Mode with VIS Filter at AZ Mode with stack of 20 images at 1/2000 sec exposure at Gain 0.

Lunar Imaging Session - September 25, 2026

The sky this evening is clear with an almost 99% 14.6 days old Waxing Gibbous Moon. I use my Dwarf 3 Smart Scope at Astro Mode with VIS Filter at AZ Mode with a stack of 20 images at 1/500 sec exposure at Gain 0. Today is also the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節) or more popularly know as Moon Cake Festival in Chinese Tradition.

My July 31, 2026 Ha image of the Huge NW Eruptive Prominence got mentioned by David J. Eicher!

My July 31, 2026 Ha image on the Huge NW Eruptive Prominence got mentioned by former Astronomy editor David J. Eicher on his FB post. Thanks David J. Eicher for the feature on my special day!

Lunar Imaging Session - September 15, 2026

The sky this evening is partly cloudy and hazy. I image the Crescent Moon using my Dwarf 3 Smart Scope at Astro Mode with VIS Filter at AZ Mode. Stack of 20 images at 1/60sec exposure at Gain 0.

Solar Imaging Session - September 15, 2026

The sky late in the late afternoon is partly cloudy but can see the Sun low in the western horizon. I just took a full disk whitelight image of the Sun using my Dwarf 3 Smart Scope at Astro Mode with Solar Filter at AZ Mode. Stacked of 20 images at 1/2000 sec exposure at Gain 0. Visible are AR4527 and AR4528 Region nearing the western limb.