Solar Imaging Session - April 16, 2026

The sky this afternoon is clear but seeing condition is poor. AR4419 Region is the prominent group on the Sun's disk right now although it is only moderate in size. There are also 3 nice prominences on the NE, SE and SW limb.

Comet Imaging Session - April 13, 2026

The sky this early morning is hazy and partly cloudy, I still manage to force myself to wait for Comet C/2025 R3 PANSTARRS to emerge from the obstructed building from.our parking area to capture it using my Dwarf 3 Smart Scope at Astro Mode with Astro Filter at AZ Mode with a short 3mins exposure at Gain 60. The comet can still be seen brightly with about a degree tail despite the partly cloudy sky.

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.