Comet Imaging Session - October 31, 2025

The sky this late afternoon is partly cloudy and once again shows some cloud openings in the sky thus encouraging me to drive to Manila Bay near Diokno Bridge where I last image Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon last October 24.At around 6:00pm, I was able to polar align as well as see the comet in the field already but it was still too bright for me to get a decent shot till around 6:15pm but clouds suddenly pops out once again to obscure the comet and thus I play cat and mouse with the clouds till around 6:25pm where I was imaging the comet through passing clouds. But I was able to get a decent cloudless frame of the comet and it shows a very bright nucleus as well as a long tail. Estimated magnitude of the comet is more or less magnitude 4. Afterwards, I slew to another bright comet, Comet C/2025 R2 Swan which is very high in the sky but unfortunately, lots of passing clouds interfere with my imaging routine and I was able to get a few frames with less clouds only. I also notice the comet brightness dimming a lot compare to last week but nevertheless the comet is still bright enough at Magnitude 7-8 to be able to capture in the city. I use my trusty Dwarf 3 Smart Scope at Astro Mode with Astro Filter at EQ Mode to capture the 2 comets with total exposure of 5 minutes for each comet.

Comet Imaging Session - October 24, 2025

The sky just before sunset is cloudy but I can see some blue sky in between so I forced myself to go out to Manila Bay area near SM Mall of Asia vicinity to setup my Dwarf 3 Smart Scope to try to image C/2025 A6 Lemmon which is very bright at around estimate Mag 3.6 but the challenge ge is that it is very low in the NW horizon where lots of thick clouds are hovering that afternoon. Despite the situation , I still persevere and play the waiting game till I got a chance to image the comet at only 4 degrees above the horizon! This really helps me distress myself today as I was very sad today because my Facebook Account got hacked this morning and I wasted the whole day trying to recover my account as the damn hacker is soliciting money from my FB friends and also doing phishing activities and I know a few of my FB friends got duped by this hacker and I really feel bad about it as I was locked out of my account thus wasn't able to warned all of them. Sorry... So this comet recovery really helped me lessen the stress and frustration that I'm having the whole day... I hope to be able to get another chance to image it tomorrow with a better and clearer view of this comet...

Comet Imaging Session - October 23, 2025

I tried to image Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon this early evening but unfortunately, I got clouded out in the western horizon so better luck next time for me. So I get back to C/2025 R2 Swan after the sky open up a little for me to capture it once again with my Dwarf 3. I just did a quick and dirty phone processing only for this 5mins total exposure of the comet. I will process again this comet on my computer if I got some free time this week.

Comet Imaging Session - October 22, 2025

Comet Imaging Session - October 22, 2025 After a hard rain. Downpour late in the afternoon, the sky cleared up for me to image Comet C/2025 R2 Swan again using my trusty Dwarf 3 Smart Scope at Astro Mode on EQ Mode with total exposure of 5 minutes (30 sec x 10) at Gain 60 before I go to our basketball practice. Comet is also getting higher as the days pass by and today it is already in the constellation of Aquila. #astroridervlog #comet #comet2025r2swan #dwarf3

Comet Imaging Session - October 17, 2025

The sky this evening is partly cloudy but there are some small cloud openings in the western sky so I quickly ran home to setup my Dwarf 3 Smart Scope to try to image Comet C/2025 R2 Swan in Serpens. I capture the comet with a total exposure of 5 minutes to lessen the comet from getting trails before I got clouded out totally :( Hopefully I can have another chance to image the comet with clear sky and longer integration time to enhance the faint tail. I didn't setup my Borg 76ED Refractor as the sky specially in the North is super cloudy!

Solar Imaging Session - October 16, 2025

The sky this afternoon is super cloudy and I was only able to get a shot of AR4250/4248 Region in white light wavelength before I got clouded out.

Comet Imaging Session - October 14, 2025

I saw some clearing in the western sky after sunset and this itched me to do an impossible imaging attempt on the C/2025 R2 Swan. With almost whole sky with patchy clouds, I forgot using my main imaging rig and just use my trusty Dwarf 3 Smart Scope to locate and image the comet. I was able to put the comet into the field with a modest 15sec exposure as longer exposure washed out the field. After around 4 mins total exposure , I can see the green comet near the star Sabik in Ophiuchius to confirm it in the lower right area of the field of view through passing clouds and haze but since it was off center, I had to re-enter the comet but got clouded out totally instead :( Nevertheless,I'm still glad to be able to see it today. Will attempt again if sky permits in the days to come with better exposure.