Nov 25

Pleadies (detail)We stayed up last night after a long day and hosting Thanksgiving dinner the day before but the sky was very clear with excellent “seeing”. We could very clearly resolve the Trapezium in Orion and the bluishness of Pleiades came through. I primarily focused on Pleaides, Orion’s Nebula, and the Beehive Cluster. I would have liked to try Comet Swan but the magnitude is now fairly low (and it was below the horizon!) Some things I learned are that the dew heaters and autoguiding are indispensable for a long period of imaging. I need to figure out a way to focus the camera better as well. The best shot was Pleaides shown here as I spent some time focusing (wish I had done more focusing on the other shots).