Astro Nut

I got up a bit early this morning to go out to the Astro Hut.
This is 3 subs @ 15 sec
Scope Starblast 4.5 imaging
Camera Orion StarShoot II
Mount CG5GT unguided
Stacked with MaxIm DL Essentials Edition (it comes with the SS II)
processed with PhoteShop 6

The Moon is waning gibbous

Last night was so clear I decided to go and play in the Astro Hut (backyard observatory)
I managed to get a nice shot of M14

This is 14 subs @ 15 sec
unguided
Scope Starblast 4.5 imaging
Camera Meade DSIC CCD
Mount CG5GT

Here is a PDF Star Chart for M14

The Night Sky
I picked this book up at a garage sale last week and
this book blows it’s competitors out of the water.
Bar none the most comprehensive and through book on it’s topic.
It give a gives definition on most of the subjects in our hobby…

M13 The Great Globular
Cluster in Hercules

This is 1 15 second sub.

We had a bad storm come through yesterday.
I did not think I would get any scope time….
But I looked out around 10:30 and we had clear sky’s.
So out the the BackYard Observatory I went.

M13 is one of my favorite objects to observe.
From a dark site and a clear night you can naked eye see it
and its a wonderful binocular target!

Last night I also managed to to get a couple of subs of M5

This is my latest telescope.
I have been having a ball with it!
Here is my first DEEPSKY picture taken with it
This is M5 its a globular cluster in the constellation Serpens.

15 subs at 15 sec each.
Stacked with Registax 3

Here are some pictures of the inside
This is the South Wall

This is the West Wall

This is the East Wall

and the North Wall

One of the plus things about having the 5′ clearance for the rolloff is that I can build 5′ shelves on 3 of the wall.
I wired in 6 plugs 2 on each S,W,N walls can’t have to many plugs!
I have LOTS of work space.

I have finished my backyard observatory.
I really REALLY like it.
In the last week I have gotten 12 more hours of observing then I would have without my backyard observatory!


This is 8′x8′ slab.
A couple of the features I wanted was
4 foot base walls
and a 5 foot clearance for the roll off….