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
Running Chicken region - 27/5/2022 (Processed stack)
Imaged at Youndegin, WA
DeepSkyStacker 4.2.6 Stacked 86% (44) of 51 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 ~14C. Mounted on Skywatcher Star Adventurer, sidereal rate, no guiding.
CaldwellC97 NGC3766 The Pearl ClusterCollinderCR238 C91 Wishing Well ClusterCR245 IC2714 Open ClusterCR248 C97 NGC3766 The Pearl ClusterGalactic NebulaGumGum37 NGC3572 Open Cluster in CarinaeGum38a NGC3576 Nebula in CarinaeGum38b NGC3603 Open Cluster in CarinaeGum42 IC2944 C100 Running Chicken or Lambda Centauri NebulaGum39Gum40Gum41ICIC2714 Open ClusterIC2944 C100 Gum42 Running Chicken or Lambda Centauri NebulaNGCNGC3572 Gum 37 Open Cluster in CarinaeNGC3576 Gum 38a Nebula in CarinaeNGC3590 Open Cluster in CarinaeNGC3603 Gum 38b Open Cluster in CarinaeNGC3766 C97 The Pearl ClusterOpen Cluster
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