And you guessed it, the new filter is onboard in my filter drawer.
Long delay to imaging because I’m after the Jellyfish Nebula, then the Monkey Head Nebula.
They won’t be at 30° until around 21:30hrs or so.
So here I am, twiddling my thumbs.
Always waiting, waiting for the Sun to go down, waiting for clouds or a storm to pass, or waiting for a subject to rise.
So, being the impatient self that I am, I changed course and I’m going after the California Nebula right now. Then I’ll add back the Jellyfish. and maybe the Monkey Head.
Longer winter nights allow for more targets.
Mount malfunctioned and didn’t get the Jellyfish Nebula.
ASI2600MC Pro camera.
These are 50 each of 2 minutes (120s) exposures.
I was trying out my new Svbony SV220, Duo-band 3nm filter. I like the results.
Stacked in ASI Studio, no other post processing.
It was a one-night flight.
Then clouds and rain again. Just got to sit it out, sigh!
Sunday here should be clear. I’ve sat out worse. I’d bet we all have. It took 2 whole months when the clouds caught me with my new (then) mount.
Going to be gone to a Niece’s wedding till Sunday anyway.
We’re getting hit by a cyclone over here (but we’re safe ). It’s been pouring nonstop for two days straight! Sadly, 47 people have died and 21 are still missing.
Sorry, Nikolai.
We went to Japan to visit a Grandson and his Family there, September. They were having a Typhoon. So, we walked down near the coast to see the waves breaking on the rocks.
Near, not to. We chickened out while he ventured forth to get Grandma some pictures with her phone camera.
He came back soaked from the spray…
Yeah, pretty much the same as @PIEJr mentioned—the location makes all the difference. I came across this picture of those regions.
The rain finally cleared and we had bright sunshine today, but other parts of the island are still dealing with floods and landslides. Sadly, the death toll has climbed to 334, with nearly 400 people missing.
Yeah, I think so too. It’s really sad—they’ve already reported over 600 deaths and more than 200 missing. Some villages are completely buried, and honestly, I don’t think those numbers show the whole picture.
In my Backyard “observatory”. Which is just my spot where my mount and telescope dwells.
I call it, “The Sleepy Dog Observatory.” Our little rescue dog used to come out and sleep on a cushy patio chair and keep me safe from the night noises around us as I labored over my laptop learning.
He was a great little guy. He became, “Chase’s Dog that lived at Grandma’s.” (Grandson, 3 1/2) And he played his part very well. Whenever Chase was here, Speedy would pal around and play with Chase. All the rest of the time he’d pal around with me.
After 18 1/2 years he went to the rainbow bridge. But The Sleepy Dog Observatory goes on.
When I began in AP, I used to cover my mount and telescope with a 32-gallon plastic trash can. I laughingly referred to it as “My 32-gallon Dome.”
As time went on, my equipment has outgrown the 32-gallon dome. And Speedy’s burial plot on the side of the backyard lets him keep watch over me still.
Now, my “Dome” consists of a dome BBQ cover and a shade-cloth envelope I sewed up to protect my equipment. (Patio umbrellas would tend to blow away into the mote behind the wall (Drainage wash))
Or in short, my backyard. With LP filters, on my present equipment. I can’t control my idiot neighbors light pollution, but I can block it and filter it.
its sad when you lose your best mate (mans best friend) we just lost one of ours she was 14 and she done the same as your little guy you really miss the company they give don,t you. I am man enough i sobbed for a day or two.
As speedy aged (and me, too) I would refuse to go places because I didn’t want to leave him home. A week to us is just a week. But a week to a dog is more like 7 weeks. And that’s a long time for a 3-year-old mind to wonder where you went, and if you would ever come back.
So, I sent the wife off to whatever she wanted to go to. And I still do for that matter. I’m happiest at home.
The wife sez No More Dogs. Our last 3 were too heartbreaking to lose.
If she goes before me, I’m going to get an old dog who needs a home, then love it to death.
But she doesn’t want to have another and burden the Family by leaving it here. So that’s why I want to adopt an old dog that got left behind and just needs a home for a while.
One to pal around with me, and woof at any night sounds.
Tears are the coins we pay for the memories they gave us.
). It’s been pouring nonstop for two days straight! Sadly, 47 people have died and 21 are still missing.
