Did a long session and started to add dark frames in some of the pictures to get rid of the amp glow.
This was the perfect EAA night with clear skies from 4PM till 2 AM. I observed many of my favorite objects such as the Iris Nebula, a couple globular clusters and Hubble’s variable nebula.
By 1 AM there was a decent layer of frost on the scope. It’s getting cold AF.
I’ve been pondering for weeks whether to buy an Asiair. I really like sitting outside with my laptop directly connected to the camera and sharpcap for livestacking but it’s getting cold and there’s something about observing the skies from my warm home that is hard to beat.
The main alternatives are:
I bought the asiair with an EQmod cable to connect directly to the mount.
So how about this Asisair? It’s small and light, which is nice and it works out of the box. Focusing, polar aligning, controling the mount, everything works. The only thing I struggle with is the wifi signal, so I had to take refuge in the laundry room to stay close to the scope. Something I’ll have to figure out because the vibrations of the washing machine made me doubt the tracking of the scope on the live view.
I will also need to start adding calibration frames to my images. Maybe it’s just me but I think I had less noise with sharpcap.
Here are a few of my livestacks. M76 or ‘the little dumbbell nebula” is the most intriguing.
My goal tonight was to hunt down a few more Messier objects. I managed to get my platesolving working but only got good accuracy in Cassiopeia for some reason. All good, it’s a wonderful place to get lost.
