fogueres '25

Hot, yes. Pero no tanto...

summer clusters

 When everyone else is waiting to do narrowband, I went with stars. The 122 is working well enough with the 1.0x ff, so why not?

open cluster ngc6819 foxhead in cygnus
vetec571 on sv122    36x3min @ hcg100

open cluster ngc6791 in lyra
vetec571 on sv122    36x3min @ hcg100

open cluster m39 in cygnus
vetec571 on sv122    36x3min @ hcg100

verano 2025

Early hours of tomorrow: the sun will be overhead on the Tropic of Cancer, at its most northerly sky position and so giving the longest day of the year at Alicante.

sv550 1x field flattener woes

From here, we can see that using the ff meant for the 102mm f7, we need less backspace,
Here we are at around 50mm from the m48 thread. Better than at 55mm. Still thinking...

globular cluster m13 in hercules
veTEC571 on sv122    26x4min @ hcg100
process StarTools

process SetiAstroSuite

vega
6x10s

focus settings

m57 ngc6888

 95% moon so can't expect much. Lucky to get a bit of each of these I suppose.
 Gradient? Awful.
 Noise? Worse.

5 hours until sunrise. For this...

planetary nebula m57 in lyra
veTEC571 on pn208    16x4min @ hcg100

supernova remnant ngc6888 crescent in cygnus
veTEC571 on pn208    63x4min @ hcg100

m39 and ngc6229

 Unspectacular globular and in your face foreground cluster. The moon becoming too bright for comfort.

globular cluster ngc6229 in hercules
vetec571 on pn208    30x4min @ hcg100

open cluster m39 in cygnus
vetec571 on pn208    30x4min @ hcg100
process startools

process setiastro

mediterranean haze

 Hopeless night. In between patches of haze...

Gave up at 01:00

globular cluster m13 in hercules
veTEC571 on pn208    15x4min @ hcg100
process StarTools

process SetiAstroSuite