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
Rho Ophiuchus region - 28/5/2022 (Processed stack)
Imaged at Youndegin, WA
Thin cloud, then the coming dawn reduced the useful collection of images for stacking
DeepSkyStacker 4.2.6 Stacked 20% (17) of 87 Images ISO 1600 @ 90 Sec, 34 DARK @ 120 Sec, 19 BIAS, 0 FLATS, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CC 2022
Pentax SMC 135mm f/2.5, 37mm stop ring to f/3.6, PK/EOS adapter, Hoya UV filter, Baader BCF modified Canon 70D DSLR field 564' x 377' , Ambient ~7C. Mounted on Skywatcher Star Adventurer, sidereal rate, no guiding.
Dark NebulaGalactic NebulaGumGum65 Emission Nebula in ScorpiusICIC4603 Rho Ophiuchi NebulaIC4604 Rho Ophiuchi NebulaIC4605 Reflection NebulaMessierM4 Globular ClusterNGCNGC6121 M4NGC6144 Globular ClusterReflection NebulaRho Ophiuchi ComplexStarRho OphiuchiAntares
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