Our Backyard ~ June 17

I set up in our backyard with my good and faithful AVX =)

M5~

Not quite as sharp as through the Brandon...

Star trails using this amazing program:  https://www.startrails.de/

The Brandon Out at the Observatory =)

Most recently I've been playing around with attaching my various cameras to the "Brandon" telescope out at the Observatory ;-)

Here is using The Revolution video camera.

Our Moon =)

Ring Nebula

 M13

On a different evening I attached my ZWO planetary camera:

Then last but certainly not least... I imaged using my deep sky stacking camera, Horizon by Atik

The Ring Nebula

M13

 M51 ~ Whirlpool

ISS Lunar Transit ~ July 18 2019 =)

I wasn't exactly sure if I would be able to see the Moon for this morning ISS transit from my house ~ but everything worked out fine!

The pass was at 5:34 AM, so the skies were pretty light.  And the Moon was relatively low on the horizon, so the Earth's atmosphere added a bit of play to the image.  But ISS transits seem few and far between ~ so I was pretty happy with it =)

Real-time speed:

Slowed to 0.5 speed:

Some still images.... ZERO detail for the ISS

Trying a Barlow...

Trying something new with my ZWO ASI 120 ~ a 3X Barlow lens =)

Processed using Autostakkert….

A Light Show Out at the Witte Observatory

Though we were hoping for clear skies out a the Witte Observatory, what we got was a nice little light show from a distant thunderstorm.  I've been wanting to image lightning, but had not yet thought about how pretty lightning in the distance can be!