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  1. The AAT's Boltwood cloud sensor recorded it getting cloudy between about 11 pm and midnight, and between about 12:30 am and 3 am, i.e. most of the best (darkest) part of the night between the Moon setting at 12:20 am and astronomical twilight at 5:20 am was cloudy.

    I thought that would have wiped out the Thirty Millimetre Telescope for most of the night too, but when I checked what it got this morning i was pleased to see that it soldiered on through breaks in the clouds and seems to have got some good data on a couple of targets I really, really wanted to get while I was here. I think the cloud was worst in the direction I was taking the timelapse, and was patchier in other parts of the sky.

    #SidingSpringObservatory #Astrophotograpy #Astronomy #Astrodon #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope

  2. The AAT's Boltwood cloud sensor recorded it getting cloudy between about 11 pm and midnight, and between about 12:30 am and 3 am, i.e. most of the best (darkest) part of the night between the Moon setting at 12:20 am and astronomical twilight at 5:20 am was cloudy.

    I thought that would have wiped out the Thirty Millimetre Telescope for most of the night too, but when I checked what it got this morning i was pleased to see that it soldiered on through breaks in the clouds and seems to have got some good data on a couple of targets I really, really wanted to get while I was here. I think the cloud was worst in the direction I was taking the timelapse, and was patchier in other parts of the sky.

    #SidingSpringObservatory #Astrophotograpy #Astronomy #Astrodon #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope

  3. The AAT's Boltwood cloud sensor recorded it getting cloudy between about 11 pm and midnight, and between about 12:30 am and 3 am, i.e. most of the best (darkest) part of the night between the Moon setting at 12:20 am and astronomical twilight at 5:20 am was cloudy.

    I thought that would have wiped out the Thirty Millimetre Telescope for most of the night too, but when I checked what it got this morning i was pleased to see that it soldiered on through breaks in the clouds and seems to have got some good data on a couple of targets I really, really wanted to get while I was here. I think the cloud was worst in the direction I was taking the timelapse, and was patchier in other parts of the sky.

    #SidingSpringObservatory #Astrophotograpy #Astronomy #Astrodon #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope

  4. The AAT's Boltwood cloud sensor recorded it getting cloudy between about 11 pm and midnight, and between about 12:30 am and 3 am, i.e. most of the best (darkest) part of the night between the Moon setting at 12:20 am and astronomical twilight at 5:20 am was cloudy.

    I thought that would have wiped out the Thirty Millimetre Telescope for most of the night too, but when I checked what it got this morning i was pleased to see that it soldiered on through breaks in the clouds and seems to have got some good data on a couple of targets I really, really wanted to get while I was here. I think the cloud was worst in the direction I was taking the timelapse, and was patchier in other parts of the sky.

    #SidingSpringObservatory #Astrophotograpy #Astronomy #Astrodon #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope

  5. The AAT's Boltwood cloud sensor recorded it getting cloudy between about 11 pm and midnight, and between about 12:30 am and 3 am, i.e. most of the best (darkest) part of the night between the Moon setting at 12:20 am and astronomical twilight at 5:20 am was cloudy.

    I thought that would have wiped out the Thirty Millimetre Telescope for most of the night too, but when I checked what it got this morning i was pleased to see that it soldiered on through breaks in the clouds and seems to have got some good data on a couple of targets I really, really wanted to get while I was here. I think the cloud was worst in the direction I was taking the timelapse, and was patchier in other parts of the sky.

    #SidingSpringObservatory #Astrophotograpy #Astronomy #Astrodon #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope

  6. Tonight the Thirty Millimetre Telescope and the Inaction Camera are hanging out together. That way they can share a power bank and the Thirty Millimetre Telescope gets to be in the Inaction Camera's shot, along with the Three Thousand Nine Hundred Millimetre Telescope. And, tonight, I HAVE TURNED ON THE DEW HEATER.

    #SidingSpringObservatory #Astrophotography #Astrodon #Astronomy #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope

  7. Tonight the Thirty Millimetre Telescope and the Inaction Camera are hanging out together. That way they can share a power bank and the Thirty Millimetre Telescope gets to be in the Inaction Camera's shot, along with the Three Thousand Nine Hundred Millimetre Telescope. And, tonight, I HAVE TURNED ON THE DEW HEATER.

    #SidingSpringObservatory #Astrophotography #Astrodon #Astronomy #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope

  8. Tonight the Thirty Millimetre Telescope and the Inaction Camera are hanging out together. That way they can share a power bank and the Thirty Millimetre Telescope gets to be in the Inaction Camera's shot, along with the Three Thousand Nine Hundred Millimetre Telescope. And, tonight, I HAVE TURNED ON THE DEW HEATER.

    #SidingSpringObservatory #Astrophotography #Astrodon #Astronomy #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope

  9. Tonight the Thirty Millimetre Telescope and the Inaction Camera are hanging out together. That way they can share a power bank and the Thirty Millimetre Telescope gets to be in the Inaction Camera's shot, along with the Three Thousand Nine Hundred Millimetre Telescope. And, tonight, I HAVE TURNED ON THE DEW HEATER.

    #SidingSpringObservatory #Astrophotography #Astrodon #Astronomy #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope

  10. Tonight the Thirty Millimetre Telescope and the Inaction Camera are hanging out together. That way they can share a power bank and the Thirty Millimetre Telescope gets to be in the Inaction Camera's shot, along with the Three Thousand Nine Hundred Millimetre Telescope. And, tonight, I HAVE TURNED ON THE DEW HEATER.

    #SidingSpringObservatory #Astrophotography #Astrodon #Astronomy #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope

  11. I have also set up the Thirty Millimetre Telescope, near to the Three Thousand Nine Hundred Millimetre Telescope.

    All my imaging devices (apart from my phone) have been given their tasks for the night so that will give me plenty of time to use my binoculars before I have more work to do at around 1:30 am.

    #SidingSpringObservatory #Astrophotography #Astrodon #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope

  12. I have also set up the Thirty Millimetre Telescope, near to the Three Thousand Nine Hundred Millimetre Telescope.

    All my imaging devices (apart from my phone) have been given their tasks for the night so that will give me plenty of time to use my binoculars before I have more work to do at around 1:30 am.

    #SidingSpringObservatory #Astrophotography #Astrodon #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope

  13. I have also set up the Thirty Millimetre Telescope, near to the Three Thousand Nine Hundred Millimetre Telescope.

    All my imaging devices (apart from my phone) have been given their tasks for the night so that will give me plenty of time to use my binoculars before I have more work to do at around 1:30 am.

    #SidingSpringObservatory #Astrophotography #Astrodon #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope

  14. I have also set up the Thirty Millimetre Telescope, near to the Three Thousand Nine Hundred Millimetre Telescope.

    All my imaging devices (apart from my phone) have been given their tasks for the night so that will give me plenty of time to use my binoculars before I have more work to do at around 1:30 am.

    #SidingSpringObservatory #Astrophotography #Astrodon #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope

  15. I have also set up the Thirty Millimetre Telescope, near to the Three Thousand Nine Hundred Millimetre Telescope.

    All my imaging devices (apart from my phone) have been given their tasks for the night so that will give me plenty of time to use my binoculars before I have more work to do at around 1:30 am.

    #SidingSpringObservatory #Astrophotography #Astrodon #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope

  16. Well there's a lesson in persistence. The galaxy NGC 300 with just under 3 hours of total exposure time (and some Moonlight) vs NGC 300 with just over 12 hours of total exposure times (mostly with no Moonlight).

    As always taken with the TMMT (Seestar S30 Pro) from suburban Sydney (Bortle 7), and processed in Siril with SyQon, GraXpert and VeraLux scripts.

    #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #Astrophotography

  17. Well there's a lesson in persistence. The galaxy NGC 300 with just under 3 hours of total exposure time (and some Moonlight) vs NGC 300 with just over 12 hours of total exposure times (mostly with no Moonlight).

    As always taken with the TMMT (Seestar S30 Pro) from suburban Sydney (Bortle 7), and processed in Siril with SyQon, GraXpert and VeraLux scripts.

    #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #Astrophotography

  18. Well there's a lesson in persistence. The galaxy NGC 300 with just under 3 hours of total exposure time (and some Moonlight) vs NGC 300 with just over 12 hours of total exposure times (mostly with no Moonlight).

    As always taken with the TMMT (Seestar S30 Pro) from suburban Sydney (Bortle 7), and processed in Siril with SyQon, GraXpert and VeraLux scripts.

    #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #Astrophotography

  19. Well there's a lesson in persistence. The galaxy NGC 300 with just under 3 hours of total exposure time (and some Moonlight) vs NGC 300 with just over 12 hours of total exposure times (mostly with no Moonlight).

    As always taken with the TMMT (Seestar S30 Pro) from suburban Sydney (Bortle 7), and processed in Siril with SyQon, GraXpert and VeraLux scripts.

    #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #Astrophotography

  20. Well there's a lesson in persistence. The galaxy NGC 300 with just under 3 hours of total exposure time (and some Moonlight) vs NGC 300 with just over 12 hours of total exposure times (mostly with no Moonlight).

    As always taken with the TMMT (Seestar S30 Pro) from suburban Sydney (Bortle 7), and processed in Siril with SyQon, GraXpert and VeraLux scripts.

    #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #Astrophotography

  21. I got a bit more exposure time on the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex tonight and then reprocessed all the data.

    This 4 panel mosaic now has a total of about 19 hours of exposure time with my Seestar S30 Pro in it, shot from suburban Sydney (Bortle 7). All processing in Siril with SyQon, GraXpert and VeraLux scripts. Orientation is north right, east left because it fits on computer monitors better that way.

    At this point I think I'm going to call this done, at least for the near future. To do appreciably better with the Thirty Millimetre Telescope I think I'd need to get a *lot* of exposure time from a darker site.

    Full resolution here: drhotdog.smugmug.com/Nature/Se

    #Astrophotography #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #TMMT #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #Siril #SyQon #GraXpert #VeraLux

  22. I got a bit more exposure time on the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex tonight and then reprocessed all the data.

    This 4 panel mosaic now has a total of about 19 hours of exposure time with my Seestar S30 Pro in it, shot from suburban Sydney (Bortle 7). All processing in Siril with SyQon, GraXpert and VeraLux scripts. Orientation is north right, east left because it fits on computer monitors better that way.

    At this point I think I'm going to call this done, at least for the near future. To do appreciably better with the Thirty Millimetre Telescope I think I'd need to get a *lot* of exposure time from a darker site.

    Full resolution here: drhotdog.smugmug.com/Nature/Se

    #Astrophotography #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #TMMT #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #Siril #SyQon #GraXpert #VeraLux

  23. I got a bit more exposure time on the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex tonight and then reprocessed all the data.

    This 4 panel mosaic now has a total of about 19 hours of exposure time with my Seestar S30 Pro in it, shot from suburban Sydney (Bortle 7). All processing in Siril with SyQon, GraXpert and VeraLux scripts. Orientation is north right, east left because it fits on computer monitors better that way.

    At this point I think I'm going to call this done, at least for the near future. To do appreciably better with the Thirty Millimetre Telescope I think I'd need to get a *lot* of exposure time from a darker site.

    Full resolution here: drhotdog.smugmug.com/Nature/Se

    #Astrophotography #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #TMMT #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #Siril #SyQon #GraXpert #VeraLux

  24. I got a bit more exposure time on the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex tonight and then reprocessed all the data.

    This 4 panel mosaic now has a total of about 19 hours of exposure time with my Seestar S30 Pro in it, shot from suburban Sydney (Bortle 7). All processing in Siril with SyQon, GraXpert and VeraLux scripts. Orientation is north right, east left because it fits on computer monitors better that way.

    At this point I think I'm going to call this done, at least for the near future. To do appreciably better with the Thirty Millimetre Telescope I think I'd need to get a *lot* of exposure time from a darker site.

    Full resolution here: drhotdog.smugmug.com/Nature/Se

    #Astrophotography #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #TMMT #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #Siril #SyQon #GraXpert #VeraLux

  25. I got a bit more exposure time on the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex tonight and then reprocessed all the data.

    This 4 panel mosaic now has a total of about 19 hours of exposure time with my Seestar S30 Pro in it, shot from suburban Sydney (Bortle 7). All processing in Siril with SyQon, GraXpert and VeraLux scripts. Orientation is north right, east left because it fits on computer monitors better that way.

    At this point I think I'm going to call this done, at least for the near future. To do appreciably better with the Thirty Millimetre Telescope I think I'd need to get a *lot* of exposure time from a darker site.

    Full resolution here: drhotdog.smugmug.com/Nature/Se

    #Astrophotography #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #TMMT #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #Siril #SyQon #GraXpert #VeraLux

  26. I took advantage of the clear and moonless (but still light polluted) skies last night to get some more exposure time on the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex.

    For the second half of the night I did some more experimenting with using the Thirty Millimetre Telescope to go after galaxies. Most are too small to make for an interesting picture by themselves at this magnification, but with multiple objects in the field of view you can make something work.

    Here's the Sculptor Galaxy with the globular cluster NGC 288, and the Fornax Cluster of galaxies.

    #Astrophotography #SeestarS30Pro #Seestar #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #TMMT

  27. I took advantage of the clear and moonless (but still light polluted) skies last night to get some more exposure time on the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex.

    For the second half of the night I did some more experimenting with using the Thirty Millimetre Telescope to go after galaxies. Most are too small to make for an interesting picture by themselves at this magnification, but with multiple objects in the field of view you can make something work.

    Here's the Sculptor Galaxy with the globular cluster NGC 288, and the Fornax Cluster of galaxies.

    #Astrophotography #SeestarS30Pro #Seestar #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #TMMT

  28. I took advantage of the clear and moonless (but still light polluted) skies last night to get some more exposure time on the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex.

    For the second half of the night I did some more experimenting with using the Thirty Millimetre Telescope to go after galaxies. Most are too small to make for an interesting picture by themselves at this magnification, but with multiple objects in the field of view you can make something work.

    Here's the Sculptor Galaxy with the globular cluster NGC 288, and the Fornax Cluster of galaxies.

    #Astrophotography #SeestarS30Pro #Seestar #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #TMMT

  29. I took advantage of the clear and moonless (but still light polluted) skies last night to get some more exposure time on the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex.

    For the second half of the night I did some more experimenting with using the Thirty Millimetre Telescope to go after galaxies. Most are too small to make for an interesting picture by themselves at this magnification, but with multiple objects in the field of view you can make something work.

    Here's the Sculptor Galaxy with the globular cluster NGC 288, and the Fornax Cluster of galaxies.

    #Astrophotography #SeestarS30Pro #Seestar #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #TMMT

  30. I took advantage of the clear and moonless (but still light polluted) skies last night to get some more exposure time on the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex.

    For the second half of the night I did some more experimenting with using the Thirty Millimetre Telescope to go after galaxies. Most are too small to make for an interesting picture by themselves at this magnification, but with multiple objects in the field of view you can make something work.

    Here's the Sculptor Galaxy with the globular cluster NGC 288, and the Fornax Cluster of galaxies.

    #Astrophotography #SeestarS30Pro #Seestar #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #TMMT

  31. Right, this was a challenging image mosaic to process!

    It the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex, near the bright yellow star Antares (upper left) and Crab Globular Cluster, M4 (lower left).

    It's a 4 panel mosaic with a grand total of 8 hours exposure time with the Thirty Millimetre Telescope, taken over two nights from suburban Sydney before the Moon rose. This would definitely benefit from a *lot* more exposure time (and darker skies) but this will do for now. All processing in Siril with SyQon and VeraLux scripts. It took a bit of trial and error to iron out the residual sky background gradients but I got most of the way there in the end. It's oriented north right, east left because it fits on computer monitors better that way.

    Full resolution version here: drhotdog.smugmug.com/Nature/Se

    #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #Astrophotography #Siril #SyQon #VeraLux

  32. Right, this was a challenging image mosaic to process!

    It the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex, near the bright yellow star Antares (upper left) and Crab Globular Cluster, M4 (lower left).

    It's a 4 panel mosaic with a grand total of 8 hours exposure time with the Thirty Millimetre Telescope, taken over two nights from suburban Sydney before the Moon rose. This would definitely benefit from a *lot* more exposure time (and darker skies) but this will do for now. All processing in Siril with SyQon and VeraLux scripts. It took a bit of trial and error to iron out the residual sky background gradients but I got most of the way there in the end. It's oriented north right, east left because it fits on computer monitors better that way.

    Full resolution version here: drhotdog.smugmug.com/Nature/Se

    #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #Astrophotography #Siril #SyQon #VeraLux

  33. Right, this was a challenging image mosaic to process!

    It the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex, near the bright yellow star Antares (upper left) and Crab Globular Cluster, M4 (lower left).

    It's a 4 panel mosaic with a grand total of 8 hours exposure time with the Thirty Millimetre Telescope, taken over two nights from suburban Sydney before the Moon rose. This would definitely benefit from a *lot* more exposure time (and darker skies) but this will do for now. All processing in Siril with SyQon and VeraLux scripts. It took a bit of trial and error to iron out the residual sky background gradients but I got most of the way there in the end. It's oriented north right, east left because it fits on computer monitors better that way.

    Full resolution version here: drhotdog.smugmug.com/Nature/Se

    #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #Astrophotography #Siril #SyQon #VeraLux

  34. Right, this was a challenging image mosaic to process!

    It the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex, near the bright yellow star Antares (upper left) and Crab Globular Cluster, M4 (lower left).

    It's a 4 panel mosaic with a grand total of 8 hours exposure time with the Thirty Millimetre Telescope, taken over two nights from suburban Sydney before the Moon rose. This would definitely benefit from a *lot* more exposure time (and darker skies) but this will do for now. All processing in Siril with SyQon and VeraLux scripts. It took a bit of trial and error to iron out the residual sky background gradients but I got most of the way there in the end. It's oriented north right, east left because it fits on computer monitors better that way.

    Full resolution version here: drhotdog.smugmug.com/Nature/Se

    #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #Astrophotography #Siril #SyQon #VeraLux

  35. Right, this was a challenging image mosaic to process!

    It the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex, near the bright yellow star Antares (upper left) and Crab Globular Cluster, M4 (lower left).

    It's a 4 panel mosaic with a grand total of 8 hours exposure time with the Thirty Millimetre Telescope, taken over two nights from suburban Sydney before the Moon rose. This would definitely benefit from a *lot* more exposure time (and darker skies) but this will do for now. All processing in Siril with SyQon and VeraLux scripts. It took a bit of trial and error to iron out the residual sky background gradients but I got most of the way there in the end. It's oriented north right, east left because it fits on computer monitors better that way.

    Full resolution version here: drhotdog.smugmug.com/Nature/Se

    #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #Astrophotography #Siril #SyQon #VeraLux

  36. Well this came out better than I expected. It's NGC300 as seen with just under 3 hours of total exposure time on the Thirty Millimetre Telescope (Seestar S30 Pro), taken from suburban Sydney (Bortle 7) while the Moon was up.

    Galaxies are not what this telescope is best at, but I wanted to try this one anyway as I feel a personal connection to it. It was the first target that we pointed the first "Huntsman Eye" single lens prototype of the Huntsman Telescope at during our first observing run. It is also the official deep sky object of the Golden Dragon Chinese Restaurant in Coonabarabran, near Siding Spring Observatory.

    Processing in Siril with SyQon and VeraLux scripts.

    #Astrophotography #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #Siril #SyQon #VeraLux

  37. Well this came out better than I expected. It's NGC300 as seen with just under 3 hours of total exposure time on the Thirty Millimetre Telescope (Seestar S30 Pro), taken from suburban Sydney (Bortle 7) while the Moon was up.

    Galaxies are not what this telescope is best at, but I wanted to try this one anyway as I feel a personal connection to it. It was the first target that we pointed the first "Huntsman Eye" single lens prototype of the Huntsman Telescope at during our first observing run. It is also the official deep sky object of the Golden Dragon Chinese Restaurant in Coonabarabran, near Siding Spring Observatory.

    Processing in Siril with SyQon and VeraLux scripts.

    #Astrophotography #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #Siril #SyQon #VeraLux

  38. Well this came out better than I expected. It's NGC300 as seen with just under 3 hours of total exposure time on the Thirty Millimetre Telescope (Seestar S30 Pro), taken from suburban Sydney (Bortle 7) while the Moon was up.

    Galaxies are not what this telescope is best at, but I wanted to try this one anyway as I feel a personal connection to it. It was the first target that we pointed the first "Huntsman Eye" single lens prototype of the Huntsman Telescope at during our first observing run. It is also the official deep sky object of the Golden Dragon Chinese Restaurant in Coonabarabran, near Siding Spring Observatory.

    Processing in Siril with SyQon and VeraLux scripts.

    #Astrophotography #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #Siril #SyQon #VeraLux

  39. Well this came out better than I expected. It's NGC300 as seen with just under 3 hours of total exposure time on the Thirty Millimetre Telescope (Seestar S30 Pro), taken from suburban Sydney (Bortle 7) while the Moon was up.

    Galaxies are not what this telescope is best at, but I wanted to try this one anyway as I feel a personal connection to it. It was the first target that we pointed the first "Huntsman Eye" single lens prototype of the Huntsman Telescope at during our first observing run. It is also the official deep sky object of the Golden Dragon Chinese Restaurant in Coonabarabran, near Siding Spring Observatory.

    Processing in Siril with SyQon and VeraLux scripts.

    #Astrophotography #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #Siril #SyQon #VeraLux

  40. Well this came out better than I expected. It's NGC300 as seen with just under 3 hours of total exposure time on the Thirty Millimetre Telescope (Seestar S30 Pro), taken from suburban Sydney (Bortle 7) while the Moon was up.

    Galaxies are not what this telescope is best at, but I wanted to try this one anyway as I feel a personal connection to it. It was the first target that we pointed the first "Huntsman Eye" single lens prototype of the Huntsman Telescope at during our first observing run. It is also the official deep sky object of the Golden Dragon Chinese Restaurant in Coonabarabran, near Siding Spring Observatory.

    Processing in Siril with SyQon and VeraLux scripts.

    #Astrophotography #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #Siril #SyQon #VeraLux

  41. Huh, the Moon doesn't rise until almost 11 pm tonight and clear skies are forecast. I have a Plan!

    The Seestar is set up outside, I've taken twilight flats and checked polar alignment, and the Plan is loaded and ready to start as soon as it gets a bit darker. Going to work on a Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex mosaic until the Moon rises, before switching to other targets for the rest of the night.

    #Astrophotography #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope

  42. Huh, the Moon doesn't rise until almost 11 pm tonight and clear skies are forecast. I have a Plan!

    The Seestar is set up outside, I've taken twilight flats and checked polar alignment, and the Plan is loaded and ready to start as soon as it gets a bit darker. Going to work on a Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex mosaic until the Moon rises, before switching to other targets for the rest of the night.

    #Astrophotography #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope

  43. Huh, the Moon doesn't rise until almost 11 pm tonight and clear skies are forecast. I have a Plan!

    The Seestar is set up outside, I've taken twilight flats and checked polar alignment, and the Plan is loaded and ready to start as soon as it gets a bit darker. Going to work on a Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex mosaic until the Moon rises, before switching to other targets for the rest of the night.

    #Astrophotography #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope

  44. Huh, the Moon doesn't rise until almost 11 pm tonight and clear skies are forecast. I have a Plan!

    The Seestar is set up outside, I've taken twilight flats and checked polar alignment, and the Plan is loaded and ready to start as soon as it gets a bit darker. Going to work on a Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex mosaic until the Moon rises, before switching to other targets for the rest of the night.

    #Astrophotography #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope

  45. Huh, the Moon doesn't rise until almost 11 pm tonight and clear skies are forecast. I have a Plan!

    The Seestar is set up outside, I've taken twilight flats and checked polar alignment, and the Plan is loaded and ready to start as soon as it gets a bit darker. Going to work on a Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex mosaic until the Moon rises, before switching to other targets for the rest of the night.

    #Astrophotography #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope

  46. And now the Prawn Nebula gets a similar treatment. For this one I had a little over 1000 30 second exposures in the bank, and put 600 of the best into the stack.

    Seestar S30 Pro with dual narrowband light pollution filter, all processing in Siril with SyQon and VeraLux scripts.

    #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #Astrophotography #Siril #SyQon #VeraLux

  47. And now the Prawn Nebula gets a similar treatment. For this one I had a little over 1000 30 second exposures in the bank, and put 600 of the best into the stack.

    Seestar S30 Pro with dual narrowband light pollution filter, all processing in Siril with SyQon and VeraLux scripts.

    #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #Astrophotography #Siril #SyQon #VeraLux

  48. And now the Prawn Nebula gets a similar treatment. For this one I had a little over 1000 30 second exposures in the bank, and put 600 of the best into the stack.

    Seestar S30 Pro with dual narrowband light pollution filter, all processing in Siril with SyQon and VeraLux scripts.

    #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #Astrophotography #Siril #SyQon #VeraLux

  49. And now the Prawn Nebula gets a similar treatment. For this one I had a little over 1000 30 second exposures in the bank, and put 600 of the best into the stack.

    Seestar S30 Pro with dual narrowband light pollution filter, all processing in Siril with SyQon and VeraLux scripts.

    #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #Astrophotography #Siril #SyQon #VeraLux

  50. And now the Prawn Nebula gets a similar treatment. For this one I had a little over 1000 30 second exposures in the bank, and put 600 of the best into the stack.

    Seestar S30 Pro with dual narrowband light pollution filter, all processing in Siril with SyQon and VeraLux scripts.

    #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #Astrophotography #Siril #SyQon #VeraLux

  51. After much farting about in Siril I now have my version of the Lagoon, Triffid and Chinese Dragon nebulae. It's certainly different to the results from the Seestar app, and overall I think I prefer this version. Plus it's more satisfying doing it this way!

    To get the best possible result I dug up all the data I had on this target (almost 1000 30 second exposures) and selected 560 of the best to stack together. Some were taken in Kurrajong with lower sky background but worse focus, while most were taken from Sydney with measurably more sky background (despite the light pollution filter) but better focus.

    All processing in Siril with SyQon and VeraLux scripts.

    #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #Astrophotography #Siril #SyQon #VeraLux

  52. After much farting about in Siril I now have my version of the Lagoon, Triffid and Chinese Dragon nebulae. It's certainly different to the results from the Seestar app, and overall I think I prefer this version. Plus it's more satisfying doing it this way!

    To get the best possible result I dug up all the data I had on this target (almost 1000 30 second exposures) and selected 560 of the best to stack together. Some were taken in Kurrajong with lower sky background but worse focus, while most were taken from Sydney with measurably more sky background (despite the light pollution filter) but better focus.

    All processing in Siril with SyQon and VeraLux scripts.

    #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #Astrophotography #Siril #SyQon #VeraLux

  53. After much farting about in Siril I now have my version of the Lagoon, Triffid and Chinese Dragon nebulae. It's certainly different to the results from the Seestar app, and overall I think I prefer this version. Plus it's more satisfying doing it this way!

    To get the best possible result I dug up all the data I had on this target (almost 1000 30 second exposures) and selected 560 of the best to stack together. Some were taken in Kurrajong with lower sky background but worse focus, while most were taken from Sydney with measurably more sky background (despite the light pollution filter) but better focus.

    All processing in Siril with SyQon and VeraLux scripts.

    #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #Astrophotography #Siril #SyQon #VeraLux

  54. After much farting about in Siril I now have my version of the Lagoon, Triffid and Chinese Dragon nebulae. It's certainly different to the results from the Seestar app, and overall I think I prefer this version. Plus it's more satisfying doing it this way!

    To get the best possible result I dug up all the data I had on this target (almost 1000 30 second exposures) and selected 560 of the best to stack together. Some were taken in Kurrajong with lower sky background but worse focus, while most were taken from Sydney with measurably more sky background (despite the light pollution filter) but better focus.

    All processing in Siril with SyQon and VeraLux scripts.

    #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #Astrophotography #Siril #SyQon #VeraLux

  55. After much farting about in Siril I now have my version of the Lagoon, Triffid and Chinese Dragon nebulae. It's certainly different to the results from the Seestar app, and overall I think I prefer this version. Plus it's more satisfying doing it this way!

    To get the best possible result I dug up all the data I had on this target (almost 1000 30 second exposures) and selected 560 of the best to stack together. Some were taken in Kurrajong with lower sky background but worse focus, while most were taken from Sydney with measurably more sky background (despite the light pollution filter) but better focus.

    All processing in Siril with SyQon and VeraLux scripts.

    #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #Astrophotography #Siril #SyQon #VeraLux

  56. While I still think it's possible to get better results, and certainly more control, processing astrophotography images on my computer in Siril I have to admit that the latest versions of the Seestar firmware and phone app can produce some pretty good looking results by themselves. The adjustable star reduction feature makes it easy to get nice looking nebulae shots, like the Lagoon, Triffid and Chinese Dragon nebulae here from last night. I didn't even restack the images for this, it's just the live stacking result run through the app's "AI enhance" with minor tweaks to the settings.

    #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #Astrophotography #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope

  57. While I still think it's possible to get better results, and certainly more control, processing astrophotography images on my computer in Siril I have to admit that the latest versions of the Seestar firmware and phone app can produce some pretty good looking results by themselves. The adjustable star reduction feature makes it easy to get nice looking nebulae shots, like the Lagoon, Triffid and Chinese Dragon nebulae here from last night. I didn't even restack the images for this, it's just the live stacking result run through the app's "AI enhance" with minor tweaks to the settings.

    #Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #Astrophotography #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope