EEVA in West Texas

[CCD-Freak]

I was at SRO recently and the last night I was there it was very windy and the seeing was BAD so I decided to do some EEVA.   I put my ASI-178MM camera on the 150mm Hyper Newt and shot 2 or 3 minute single exposures binned 2x2.  No processing except adjusting the histogram for the best view.  I was very happy with the results and spent the night imaging galaxies.  This is actually really fun and I could see way more than I ever could through an eyepiece.   Here are some of the galaxies I imaged.

Edited March 9, 2022 by CCD-Freak

[Martin Meredith]

Very clean and deep results for single subs. Seeing doesn't look that bad 😀

Have you tried stacking shorter subs to get the near-live experience?

Martin

 

[CCD-Freak]

I use Astro Art 8 for my normal long exposure imaging and it does not have live stacking as yet.  I use it to control the telescope and plate solving, guiding, imaging camera, and focuser.

I need to try ASI Studio or Sharpcap software at some point.  I will need to figure out what to use to control the scope and such.

Here is the scope setup at my SRO dark site.

[CCD-Freak]

Here are a few more images...

 

[Louis D]

On 09/03/2022 at 17:06, CCD-Freak said:

Admiral, there be whales here! 🐋