Comet Imaging Session - November 11, 2025

The sky this afternoon is clear but slightly hazy, I took my chances again on Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon as it is setting low each day to the western horizon. I initially setup my Dwarf 3 in EQ Mode but the wind in Diokno Bridge was very strong today thus had a hard time getting stable images as after several attempts, I was forced to setup in AZ Mode and lower the tripod a little as well. the comet was already less than 10 degrees low before I could get some decent shot of the comet before packing up.

Solar Imaging Session - November 11, 2025

The Sky this before lunchtime is clear and seeing condition is fair. AR4274 Region is large and lots of smaller sunspot groups are visible also across the Sun's disk. I was able to image AR4274 in white light and Ha wavelength as well as full disk whitelight image with the Dwarf 3.

Lunar Imaging Session - November 7, 2025

The sky this evening is partly clear and I can see the Waning Gibbous Moon rising from the eastern horizon. With Dwarf 3 App introducing a new format, I needed some time to get used to it to be able to image the Waning Gibbous Moon using the Dwarf 3 Smart Scope at the new Solar System Mode with VIS Filter at AZ Mode. yital of 20 stacked images at 1/400sec exposure at Gain 0.

Lunar Imaging Session - u

The sky this evening is psrtly cloudy and I was planning to image Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon but the western sky was very cloudy so I turn to the beautiful Full Moon which the media is hyping as SuperMoon or Beaver Moon. I used my Dwarf 3 Smart Scope tk jnage the Full Moon using Astro Mode with VIS Filter at AZ Mode using a stacked of 20 images of 1/2000 exposure at Gain 0. Afterwards, the sky got clouded out so I packed up as has a basketball practice at 8pm.

Solar Imaging Session - November 1, 2025

I brought along mg trusty Dwarf 3 Smart Scope this afternoon when I visited my Dad's tomb as today is All Saints Day. There was a small cloud opening for me to image the Sun in white light wavelength before getting clouded out again. I can only see AR4267 Region sunspot on the Sun's disk. Another quiet Sun in terms of solar activity.

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...