Lunar Imaging Session - March 28, 2026

The sky this evening is clear and seeing condition is also very good. I use my Dwarf 3 Smart Scope to do a quickie image of the Waxing Gibbous Moon using Astro Mode with VIS Filter at AZ Mode with a stack of 20 images at 1/500sec exposure at Gain 0.

Solar Imaging Session - March 28, 2026

The sky this afternoon is clear and seeing is very good. Lots of sunspot groups on the Sun's disk but they are not that large groups. AR4401 Region as well as AR4405 Regions show promising tendencies to grow more in the days to come. Several nice eruptive prominences can be seen in the NW, SW and SE limb. AR4405 Region also shows bright solar flaring activity inside its core structure while the rest of the regions also shows moderate flaring activities as well.

Lunar Imaging Session - March 23, 2026

The sky this evening is clear but too tired to do any deep sky imaging session tonight so I just image the Waxing Crescent Moon as well as it's conjunction with M45 Pleiades star cluster using my Dwarf 3 Smart Scope at Astro Mode with VIS Filter at AZ Mode.

Deep Sky Imaging Session- March 20, 2026

The sky this evening is clear and seeing condition is good. I setup my Borg 76ED Refractor with ZWO ASI294MC PRO camera with 1x Flattener and SVBony SV220 7nm Duo Filter on ZWO AM5 mount to image faint SH2-263 Raspberry Nebula in the constellation of Orion with 100 minutes total exposure at -5 deg C. Hope to image this nebula again in December time so I can get a longer integration time for this faint nebula. I also use my Dwarf 3 Smart Scope at Astro Mode with Duo Filter at EQ Mode to image NGC 2174 Monkey Head Nebula in the constellation of Orion with a total exposure of 120 minutes at Gain 60.

Deep Sky Imaging Session - March 16-17, 2026

The sky this evening is clear and seeing condition is fair. I try to attempt to image a very faint planetary nebula in SH2-290 which is also called the Abell 31 or Moon Jelly Nebula in the constellation of Cancer. It's size is almost equivalent to the size of NGC7293 Helix Nebula but is super dim as I wasn't able to see even its faint ghost in individual frames and can only see it after I stacked it and force stretch it a bit as I was only able to get a short integration time of only 2.5 hours or 150 minutes due to.sudden cloud cover! I guess I will reshoot this nebula again when I'm in a dark sky in Tanay. While waiting for the object total exposure time to be completed, I also take the time to use my Dwarf 3 Smart Scope to image 2 beautiful galactic star clusters in M35 and M67 in the constellation of Gemini and Cancer respectively.

Deep Sky Imaging Session - March 13-14, 2026

The sky this evening is clear so I use this opportunity to image SH2-282 Red Horsehead Nebula & SH2-280 Nebula in the constellation of Monoceros using ZWO ASI294MC PRO camera on Borg 76ED Refractor with 0.8x Reducer / Flattener and SVBony SV220 7nm Duo Filter on ZWO AM5 mount. Total exposure of 90 minutes (45 x 120 sec) at -5 deg C. Afterwards, I also try imaging a bradband subject which I usually only do when Im in darker skies like Tanay which is the Leo Triplet which are compose of M65, M66 amd NGC 3268 group of galaxies. I use again my ZWO ASI294MC PRO camera on Borg 76ED Refractor with 1x Flattener and STC AstroMultiSpectra Broadband Filter with total exposure of only 61 minutes (61 x 60 sec) at -5 deg C as cloud overcast ended my session.Still OK IMHO but that could be better under a darker skies than in Bortle 8 Manila!

Deep Sky Imaging Session - March 7, 2026

The sky this evening is clear so despite my tired body after a long work ride, I didn't hesitate to still setup and image IC417 Spider Nebula with NGC1931 Fly Nebula in the constellation of Auriga despite the fact it is getting low in the NW horizon a bit using ZWO ASI294MC PRO camera on Borg 76ED Refractor with 1x flattener and SVBony SV220 7nm Duo Filter on ZWO AM5 mount. Exposure of 94 minutes (47 x 120 minutes) at -5 deg C . I also use my Dwarf 3 Smart Scope at Astro Mode with Duo Filter at EQ Mode with exposure of 120 minutes (240 x 30 sec) at Gain 60 to capture NGC 2467 Skull and Crossbones Nebula in the constellation of Puppis. Not bad for me despite the limited integration time that I have after coming home late.