2022 Remote Control
2021 Experimentation lead me to a direction of city living and remotely hosting my telescope. I pursued greater automation and remote control, that with a little more work, should prove operable to get started. I have signed an agreement for a remote observatory location that should eventuate in 2023.
During the year, I had the opportunity to buy a 1970's Celestron 8" Schmidt-Cassegrain fork mounted with no tripod, as a collectible item. This was my aspirational telescope in the late 1970's.
I established a Global Meteor Network (GMN) camera at my home location. This is a global citizen science project that aims to understand more about the meteors that hit the earth's atmosphere constantly.
I also began planning and testing of Solar imaging configuration around my Skywatcher ED80 for a total solar eclipse in Exmouth, April 20, 2023.
Unless stated otherwise, images are from my home location in Leeming, 15 Km south of the centre of Perth, Western Australia. Leeming has SQM 19.00 Bortle 6 skies.
My favourite shots can also be found on AstroBin http://www.astrobin.com/users/scottastrophe
Caldwell 68 - NGC6729 - Nebula in Corona Australis - 29/4/22 (Processed stack)
Insufficient data from suburban skies, but worth a retry in dark skies! Also see cropped version.
DeepSkyStacker 4.2.6 Stacked 100% (21) of 21 Images Gain 100 @ 60 Sec, 35 DARK Gain 100 @ 60 Sec, 35 BIAS Gain 100 @ 1/1000 Sec, 23 FLATS Gain 100 @ 1/5000 Sec, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CC 2022 with Noise Ninja
Telescope - PowerNewt 200mm f/4 with Baader MPCC Coma Corrector (at 55mm backfocus) for F=800mm f/4.0, MPCC has a 48-42 reducer ring connected to Hotech Self Centering Adapter (SCA) into Moonlite focuser, IDAS NB1 filter, QHY 268C CMOS camera field 68' x 101' , Ambient ~15C, Camera 0C.
StellarMate on RP-4B with Kstars/Ekos for EQMOD mount control, auto-focusing, plate solving and image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Starlight Xpress SuperStar (Mono) CCD Auto Guider and Ekos auto guiding software.
CaldwellC68 Nebula in Corona AustralisNGCNGC6729 C68 Nebula in Corona AustralisGalactic NebulaNGC6723 Globular ClusterGlobular ClusterICIC4812 Reflection NebulaNGC6726 Reflection NebulaNGC6727 Reflection NebulaReflection Nebula
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