SkyCalPro | Kev

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🔭I loved CalSky🛰️the app to that tells you what you will see if you look up at the sky tonight. 🪐 I waited for someone to recreate it after it went offline but no-one did so I created it myself...💫 https://skycalpro.com

I tested out some new kit last night: Askar 50P scope and Optolong L-Ultimate narrow-band filter. Conditions are not great here. Bortle 8 light pollution with patchy smoke from current western US fires. Target was the North American Nebula (NGC 7000) with 6-hour total exposure.

The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb (the tail of the swan and its brightest star) in the night sky. It is named because its shape resembles North America. On the right is the Pelican Nebula, also named because of its shape..

I continue to take advantage of the clear skies, steady air, and good placement to image Saturn in the early morning. There is a hint of structure in the rings interior to the Cassini division in this image from yesterday morning. Details in ALT. #astrophotography

image of saturn with some cloud bands visible. the cassini division shows as a gap in the rings. saturn casts a shadow on the rings in the lower right. Meade 8" SCT with 2x barlow and ZWO ASI662MC camera. The best 15% of 11983 frames were stacked with Autostakkert and processed with Registax and Photoshop. Video gain 455 with 25 ms exposure

SkyCalPro Update just dropped Added an account management page for signed-in users Fixed menus sometimes not closing properly, and mobile display quirks Added SpaceX Falcon 9 lunar impact to showcase features Considerably improved lunar surface feature accuracy skycalpro.com Read more…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage is expected to slam into the Moon at ~2:35am Eastern on Wednesday, August 5. It should hit near the lunar limb, potentially producing a brief flash and a plume of dust and debris. I'll be trying to capture it with the Astropotamus Rex 14" ACF and an ASI432 camera. 🌗🚀🔭🦛

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Not much happening on the limb of the Sun yesterday so I zoomed way in on this small, dim, prominence and watched it do its thing for 2 hours, as one does. A 15 s pause was taken between each 15s video for a 2 frame/minute real-time rate. Details in ALT. #astrophotography

The Lion Nebula (Sh2-132) in SHO Deep dust & ionization fronts of Cepheus. #astrophotography #space • Ha: 45 × 600s • SII: 40 × 600s • OIII: 43 × 600s ⏱️ Total: 21h 20m over 4 nights 🔭 WO UltraCat 108 📷 Player One Poseidon 💻 N.I.N.A. ⚙️ PixInsight (SHO mapping + Syqon deconv)

The Lion Nebula (Sh2-132) in SHO