It has been quite a while since I've updated my blog. This is partially due to just being too busy with family stuff but mostly due to the horrid weather we've had up until recently. If it hasn't been raining it has been overcast with our usual summer temperatures in the mid twenties to low thirties being in the high teens to low twenties. Certainly climate change here and not a warming trend! To top it off, we have road work going on in our area with, as you can imagine, night work complete with high powered lamps!
I have been able to get out and observe over the last couple of nights and have some promising data of the Elephant's Trunk Nebula and the Fireworks Galaxy. I will try to add to this data and perhaps choose another target before the rains return next week. I m only doing cursory checks of the data so that I can maximize my imaging time and save the processing for the quieter rainy days ahead.
I have been able to get out and observe over the last couple of nights and have some promising data of the Elephant's Trunk Nebula and the Fireworks Galaxy. I will try to add to this data and perhaps choose another target before the rains return next week. I m only doing cursory checks of the data so that I can maximize my imaging time and save the processing for the quieter rainy days ahead.