Deep Sky Imaging Session - November 19, 2024

The sky this evening is clear again so I use this opportunity to image IC1396 Elephant Trunk Nebula and NGC869/884 Double Cluster in the constellation of Cassiopeia despite the presence of Waning Gibbous Moon. I image the Elephant Trunk Nebula using ZWO ASI294MC PRO Astro Camera on Borg 76ED Refractor with 0.8x Reducer / Flattener and SVBony SV220 Duo Filter and total exposure of 60 minutes (30 x 120sec) at -5 deg C while the Double Cluster same setup except I use STC AstroMultiSpectra Broadband Filter with 60x 60sec exposure at -5 deg C.

Deep Sky Imaging Session - November 18-19, 2024

The sky this evening is clear despite the still large Waning Gibbous Moon phase, I still proceeded to image NGC281 Pacman Nebula in the constellation of Cassiopeia. Image was taken using ZWO ASI294MC PRO Astro Camera on Borg 76ED Refractor with 1x Flattener and SVBony SV220 Duo Filter. Total exposure of 120 minutes (60 x 120 sec) at -5 deg C.

Lunar Imaging Session - November 15, 2024

The sky this evening is hazy and with a Full Moon washing out the sky, I settled to imaging the Full Moon using ZWO ASI294MC PRO Astro Camera on Borg 76ED Refractor with 1x Flattener and SVBony SV220 Duo Filter. Exposure 0.036 sec at -5 deg C.

Deep Sky Imaging Session - November 15, 2024

The sky this evening is hazy but clear. But the early evening sky is already getting washed out by the super glow of the Full Moon rising early from the Eastern horizon. Since I'm going to test and check the new focus point of my camera with the added camera angle adjuster, I stubbornly proceeded with imaging the NGC 6992 Eastern Veil Nebula in the constellation of Cygnus knowing the bright Full Moon glare. I was able to capture it but with background gradients which I'm expecting to have. Yeah they are there but I'm still happy with the result but I will reimage this beauty next week after the typhoon has left the country. Image taken using ZWO ASI294MC PRO Astro Camera on Borg 76ED Refractor with 0.8x Reducer / Flattener and SVBony SV220 Duo Filter with 60 minutes total exposure (60 x 120 sec) at -5 deg C.

Deep Sky Imaging Session - November 9-10, 2024

The sky this evening is slightly hazy but clear. I quickly setup early so that I can try to catch up with Western Veil Nebula in the constellation of Cygnus as ut is going to the NW horizon. I was able to get around 1.5 hours of data before i reached the 40 deg limit that I made for me before i will start to get bad light pollution and gradients. After the Veil nebula, I went after the IC1848 Soul Nebula in the constellation of Cassiopeia with an ample 2 hrs data. Both images were taken using ZWO ASI294 MC PRO Astro Camera on Borg 76ED Refractor with 0.8x Reducer/ Flattener and SVBony SV220 Duo Filter. Total Exposure of 90 minutes (45 x 120 sec) and 120 minutes (60 x 120 sec) respectively at -5 deg C.

Deep Sky Imaging Session - November 9, 2024

The sky this early evening is cloudy and very hazy. But at around 11:30pm, the sky suddenly started to open up and I quickly setup to image the IC410 Tadpole Nebula in the constellation of Auriga, this is a nice pair with IC405 Flaming Star Nebula but my telescope and camera would not allow me to image them together in one field so I had to image them separately to complete my imaging session. I use my ZWO ASI294MC PRO Astro Camera on Borg 76ED Refractor with 0.8x Reducer / Flattener and SVBony SV220 Duo Filter to capture this nebula. Total exposure of 120 minutes (60 x 120sec) was taken at -5 deg C. I also make a Hubble Pallette version in HOO for this nebula to bring out more clearly the 2 tadpoles on the image.

Solar Imaging Session - November 8, 2024

The sky this afternoon is clear and seeing condition is good. It's been a while since I was able to do any solar imaging because I'm doing evening deep sky imaging and it is very exhausting doing both at the same time. Anyway, I was able to do solar imaging and image some nice large sunspot groups in AR3879, AR3883, AR3886 and AR3889 Regions. There are also 2 large prominences visible in the SE and Western limb.