The Amateur Astronomy thread

[purrr]

My first proper attempt at a dark site. One hour session of M83 on the Seestar S30 Pro.

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I’ve got about 17 hours over 7 sessions of M83. Going to process it with Pixinsight during my upcoming vacation.

What’s the bortle there? I’m at 4.

 

[DawieZA]

I’ve got about 17 hours over 7 sessions of M83. Going to process it with Pixinsight during my upcoming vacation.

What’s the bortle there? I’m at 4.

It is about a 3.2 if I look at a free light polution map. Maybe more darkish than dark site.

Depending on the weather, I might be able to try another target or two tonight.

 

[DawieZA]

30 Minutes on the Milky Way and 60 minutes on M8, before we had to leave for Cape Town.