To support and defend the night skies of the Great State of Texas
First light is always exciting. Sometimes good, sometimes not as good. This one worked out pretty well for the new to me Apertura 75Q I picked up via Cloudy Nights. The scope is 75mm aperture with a 405mm focal length which gives it a F/ratio of 5.4. Not blazingly fast but not terribly slow either….
I’m not sure what color surprise is but based on the light pollution’s effect on imaging I’d say it’s probably green. Light pollution leaves a heavy green cast on digital images, even through light pollution filters. Having recently installed N.I.N.A. and needing to get familiar with it, I finally made some time to plop everything…
This is probably David’s fault. He’s enamored with the Cat’s Paw nebula for as long as I can remember. Here’s the idea. Let’s learn together and process this data that I got from my Telescope Live subscription. Post your results in the FB group and I’ll add them here.
In April of 2021 I’d had enough of seeing the same four walls for the past year and a bit. When Fort Griffin started to open back up for astronomers I gladly accepted their hospitality and spent a night out at the Fort. One of the objects that I imaged that night was Messier 51….
Because reasons.