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In this live session of electronically-assisted astronomy (EAA), we complete Steve O’Meara’s Secret Deep Astronomical catalogue of deep-space objects.

Electronically-assisted Astronomy (EAA) opens up new vistas for those who would never be able to make time to travel to view the heavenlies through a scope like our RASA 11-inch with a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro astro-camera and an Octopi-Astro camera interface. We operate on an iOptron CEM70G mount from a Pier-Tech Tele-Station 2 observatory on a Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height pier for precision "Go-To" targeting.

Thanks for joining us! Astronomy is now a team sport!

We'll hope to play some background music for the first time in this session. We plan to use music from Stellardrone:
https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/stellardrone
https://soundcloud.com/stellardrone

We're grateful for their great sound. All of their music is used here under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution Unported License and is being used without having changed the tracks. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The track list we hope to use:

Some might be interested in the equipment and software that we use. For whatever it's worth, we're relying on the following:

Optical Tube Assembly: 11-inch Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph telescope
Mount: iOptron CEM70G
Primary Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Observatory: Pier-Tech Tele-station 2
Pier: Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height Pier
Dew Shield: Celestron 11 RASA Aluminum Dew Shield
All-Sky Camera - ZWO ASI178MM
ScopeCam - TP-Link TAPO C325WB
The USB hub on the equipment plate (riding up on the scope) is a Pegasus Astro USB Control Hub.
That equipment plate also carries a Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro to power the USB Hub and cameras, as well as control the dew heater bands to prevent dew build-up on the two cameras.
Filter: Celestron Light-Pollution Imaging Filter
Focus Motor: Celestron Focus Motor
Focusing Software: NINA with Hocus Focus plug-in by George Hilios (jokogeo)
Streaming software: OSB with Stream Deck
Planetarium software: Stellarium
Imaging (EAA) software: Sharpcap
Portable operating solution: icron USB Raven 3124 USB 3-2-1 Extender operating indoors, approximately 200 feet from the observatory, with data being transported via fiber-optic cable
12V Power distributed by a power distribution by RIGrunner 4005i by West Mountain Radio
110V Power distributed by a Tripp Lite 14 Outlet Network-Grade Rackmount PDU, 15A Power Strip
Rack at base of scope: Gator Cases Pro Series Rotationally Molded 4U Rack Case (G-PRO-4U-13)

Please visit our website at:
https://emeraldhillsskies.com/
and the resource site for electronically-assisted astronomy at...
http://eaa101.com
and our online store at:
https://emerald-hills-skies.myspreadshop.com/

Thanks for joining us! 

Doug

In this live session of electronically-assisted astronomy (EAA), we complete Steve O’Meara’s Secret Deep Astronomical catalogue of deep-space objects.

Electronically-assisted Astronomy (EAA) opens up new vistas for those who would never be able to make time to travel to view the heavenlies through a scope like our RASA 11-inch with a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro astro-camera and an Octopi-Astro camera interface. We operate on an iOptron CEM70G mount from a Pier-Tech Tele-Station 2 observatory on a Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height pier for precision "Go-To" targeting.

Thanks for joining us! Astronomy is now a team sport!

We'll hope to play some background music for the first time in this session. We plan to use music from Stellardrone:
https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/stellardrone
https://soundcloud.com/stellardrone

We're grateful for their great sound. All of their music is used here under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution Unported License and is being used without having changed the tracks. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The track list we hope to use:

Some might be interested in the equipment and software that we use. For whatever it's worth, we're relying on the following:

Optical Tube Assembly: 11-inch Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph telescope
Mount: iOptron CEM70G
Primary Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Observatory: Pier-Tech Tele-station 2
Pier: Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height Pier
Dew Shield: Celestron 11 RASA Aluminum Dew Shield
All-Sky Camera - ZWO ASI178MM
ScopeCam - TP-Link TAPO C325WB
The USB hub on the equipment plate (riding up on the scope) is a Pegasus Astro USB Control Hub.
That equipment plate also carries a Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro to power the USB Hub and cameras, as well as control the dew heater bands to prevent dew build-up on the two cameras.
Filter: Celestron Light-Pollution Imaging Filter
Focus Motor: Celestron Focus Motor
Focusing Software: NINA with Hocus Focus plug-in by George Hilios (jokogeo)
Streaming software: OSB with Stream Deck
Planetarium software: Stellarium
Imaging (EAA) software: Sharpcap
Portable operating solution: icron USB Raven 3124 USB 3-2-1 Extender operating indoors, approximately 200 feet from the observatory, with data being transported via fiber-optic cable
12V Power distributed by a power distribution by RIGrunner 4005i by West Mountain Radio
110V Power distributed by a Tripp Lite 14 Outlet Network-Grade Rackmount PDU, 15A Power Strip
Rack at base of scope: Gator Cases Pro Series Rotationally Molded 4U Rack Case (G-PRO-4U-13)

Please visit our website at:
https://emeraldhillsskies.com/
and the resource site for electronically-assisted astronomy at...
http://eaa101.com
and our online store at:
https://emerald-hills-skies.myspreadshop.com/

Thanks for joining us!

Doug

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YouTube Video UExka0dpYXR0dmFEd3FQbG5Bc0RuMEF1TVE4bmdLOGNNSS4wMTIyMTBBMTA3RDUxNjlD

Secret Deep Astro Catalogue Completion (Part 9): A Cool Planetary Nebula (NGC 2346)

57 views November 29, 2023 8:54 am

In this video, we take a look at (real-time views):
Neptune
Pluto
Uranus
Vesta
Saturn
and later, with the temperature dropping, we quickly utilize Nina to autofocus then view M31 (which includes views of M32 and M110, along with a host of globular clusters). All of these targets are taken from Phil Harrington's Cosmic Challenge book.

Electronically-assisted Astronomy (EAA) opens up new vistas for those who would never be able to make time to travel to view the heavenlies through a scope like our RASA 11-inch with a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro astro-camera and an Octopi-Astro camera interface. Operating on an iOptron CEM70G mount from a Pier-Tech Tele-Station 2 observatory on a Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height pier for precision "Go-To" targeting, in this video, we feature another episode of "Cosmic Challenge."  

Thanks for joining us! Astronomy is now a team sport!

We'll hope to play some background music for the first time in this session. We plan to use music from Stellardrone:
https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/stellardrone
https://soundcloud.com/stellardrone

We're grateful for their great sound. All of their music is used here under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution Unported License and is being used without having changed the tracks. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The track list we hope to use:

Some might be interested in the equipment and software that we use. For whatever it's worth, we're relying on the following:

Optical Tube Assembly: 11-inch Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph telescope
Mount: iOptron CEM70G
Primary Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Observatory: Pier-Tech Tele-station 2
Pier: Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height Pier
Dew Shield: Celestron 11 RASA Aluminum Dew Shield
All-Sky Camera - ZWO ASI178MM
ScopeCam - TP-Link TAPO C325WB
The USB hub on the equipment plate (riding up on the scope) is a Pegasus Astro USB Control Hub.
That equipment plate also carries a Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro to power the USB Hub and cameras, as well as control the dew heater bands to prevent dew build-up on the two cameras.
Filter: Celestron Light-Pollution Imaging Filter
Focus Motor: Celestron Focus Motor
Focusing Software: NINA with Hocus Focus plug-in by George Hilios (jokogeo)
Streaming software: OSB with Stream Deck
Planetarium software: Stellarium
Imaging (EAA) software: Sharpcap
Portable operating solution: icron USB Raven 3124 USB 3-2-1 Extender operating indoors, approximately 200 feet from the observatory, with data being transported via fiber-optic cable
12V Power distributed by a power distribution by RIGrunner 4005i by West Mountain Radio
110V Power distributed by a Tripp Lite 14 Outlet Network-Grade Rackmount PDU, 15A Power Strip
Rack at base of scope: Gator Cases Pro Series Rotationally Molded 4U Rack Case (G-PRO-4U-13)

Please visit our website at:
https://emeraldhillsskies.com/
and the resource site for electronically-assisted astronomy at...
http://eaa101.com
and our online store at:
https://emerald-hills-skies.myspreadshop.com/

Thanks for joining us! 

Doug

Electronically-assisted Astronomy (EAA) opens up new vistas for those who would never be able to make time to travel to view the heavenlies through a scope like our RASA 11-inch with a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro astro-camera and an Octopi-Astro camera interface. Operating on an iOptron CEM70G mount from a Pier-Tech Tele-Station 2 observatory on a Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height pier for precision "Go-To" targeting, in this video, we feature another episode of "Cosmic Challenge."

Thanks for joining us! Astronomy is now a team sport!

We'll hope to play some background music for the first time in this session. We plan to use music from Stellardrone:
https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/stellardrone
https://soundcloud.com/stellardrone

We're grateful for their great sound. All of their music is used here under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution Unported License and is being used without having changed the tracks. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The track list we hope to use:

Some might be interested in the equipment and software that we use. For whatever it's worth, we're relying on the following:

Optical Tube Assembly: 11-inch Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph telescope
Mount: iOptron CEM70G
Primary Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Observatory: Pier-Tech Tele-station 2
Pier: Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height Pier
Dew Shield: Celestron 11 RASA Aluminum Dew Shield
All-Sky Camera - ZWO ASI178MM
ScopeCam - TP-Link TAPO C325WB
The USB hub on the equipment plate (riding up on the scope) is a Pegasus Astro USB Control Hub.
That equipment plate also carries a Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro to power the USB Hub and cameras, as well as control the dew heater bands to prevent dew build-up on the two cameras.
Filter: Celestron Light-Pollution Imaging Filter
Focus Motor: Celestron Focus Motor
Focusing Software: NINA with Hocus Focus plug-in by George Hilios (jokogeo)
Streaming software: OSB with Stream Deck
Planetarium software: Stellarium
Imaging (EAA) software: Sharpcap
Portable operating solution: icron USB Raven 3124 USB 3-2-1 Extender operating indoors, approximately 200 feet from the observatory, with data being transported via fiber-optic cable
12V Power distributed by a power distribution by RIGrunner 4005i by West Mountain Radio
110V Power distributed by a Tripp Lite 14 Outlet Network-Grade Rackmount PDU, 15A Power Strip
Rack at base of scope: Gator Cases Pro Series Rotationally Molded 4U Rack Case (G-PRO-4U-13)

Please visit our website at:
https://emeraldhillsskies.com/
and the resource site for electronically-assisted astronomy at...
http://eaa101.com
and, at the request of our online friends, our Patreon site at...
https://www.patreon.com/EmeraldHillsS...
and as of this broadcast, a new online store at:
https://emerald-hills-skies.myspreadshop.com/

Thanks for joining us!

Doug

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YouTube Video UExka0dpYXR0dmFEd3FQbG5Bc0RuMEF1TVE4bmdLOGNNSS42NjBGMkRFNDcwMjM2NzYx

Cosmic Challenge Part 9: Electronically-Assisted Team Astronomy via an 11-Inch RASA Telescope | EAA

209 views November 13, 2023 11:55 am

In this video, among other things, we complete the entire Herschel 400 List! Yay! Thanks for all who have taken part!

Electronically-assisted Astronomy (EAA) opens up new vistas for those who would never be able to make time to travel to view the heavenlies through a scope like our RASA 11-inch with a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro astro-camera and an Octopi-Astro camera interface. Operating on an iOptron CEM70G mount from a Pier-Tech Tele-Station 2 observatory on a Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height pier for precision "Go-To" targeting, in this video, we feature another episode of "Cosmic Challenge."  

Thanks for joining us! Astronomy is now a team sport!

We'll hope to play some background music for the first time in this session. We plan to use music from Stellardrone:
https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/stellardrone
https://soundcloud.com/stellardrone

We're grateful for their great sound. All of their music is used here under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution Unported License and is being used without having changed the tracks. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The track list we hope to use:

Some might be interested in the equipment and software that we use. For whatever it's worth, we're relying on the following:

Optical Tube Assembly: 11-inch Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph telescope
Mount: iOptron CEM70G
Primary Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Observatory: Pier-Tech Tele-station 2
Pier: Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height Pier
Dew Shield: Celestron 11 RASA Aluminum Dew Shield
All-Sky Camera - ZWO ASI178MM
ScopeCam - TP-Link TAPO C325WB
The USB hub on the equipment plate (riding up on the scope) is a Pegasus Astro USB Control Hub.
That equipment plate also carries a Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro to power the USB Hub and cameras, as well as control the dew heater bands to prevent dew build-up on the two cameras.
Filter: Celestron Light-Pollution Imaging Filter
Focus Motor: Celestron Focus Motor
Focusing Software: NINA with Hocus Focus plug-in by George Hilios (jokogeo)
Streaming software: OSB with Stream Deck
Planetarium software: Stellarium
Imaging (EAA) software: Sharpcap
Portable operating solution: icron USB Raven 3124 USB 3-2-1 Extender operating indoors, approximately 200 feet from the observatory, with data being transported via fiber-optic cable
12V Power distributed by a power distribution by RIGrunner 4005i by West Mountain Radio
110V Power distributed by a Tripp Lite 14 Outlet Network-Grade Rackmount PDU, 15A Power Strip
Rack at base of scope: Gator Cases Pro Series Rotationally Molded 4U Rack Case (G-PRO-4U-13)

Please visit our website at:
https://emeraldhillsskies.com/
and the resource site for electronically-assisted astronomy at...
http://eaa101.com
and, at the request of our online friends, our Patreon site at...
https://www.patreon.com/EmeraldHillsS...
and as of this broadcast, a new online store at:
https://emerald-hills-skies.myspreadshop.com/

Thanks for joining us! 

Doug

Electronically-assisted Astronomy (EAA) opens up new vistas for those who would never be able to make time to travel to view the heavenlies through a scope like our RASA 11-inch with a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro astro-camera and an Octopi-Astro camera interface. Operating on an iOptron CEM70G mount from a Pier-Tech Tele-Station 2 observatory on a Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height pier for precision "Go-To" targeting, in this video, we feature another episode of "Cosmic Challenge."

Thanks for joining us! Astronomy is now a team sport!

We'll hope to play some background music for the first time in this session. We plan to use music from Stellardrone:
https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/stellardrone
https://soundcloud.com/stellardrone

We're grateful for their great sound. All of their music is used here under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution Unported License and is being used without having changed the tracks. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The track list we hope to use:

Some might be interested in the equipment and software that we use. For whatever it's worth, we're relying on the following:

Optical Tube Assembly: 11-inch Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph telescope
Mount: iOptron CEM70G
Primary Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Observatory: Pier-Tech Tele-station 2
Pier: Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height Pier
Dew Shield: Celestron 11 RASA Aluminum Dew Shield
All-Sky Camera - ZWO ASI178MM
ScopeCam - TP-Link TAPO C325WB
The USB hub on the equipment plate (riding up on the scope) is a Pegasus Astro USB Control Hub.
That equipment plate also carries a Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro to power the USB Hub and cameras, as well as control the dew heater bands to prevent dew build-up on the two cameras.
Filter: Celestron Light-Pollution Imaging Filter
Focus Motor: Celestron Focus Motor
Focusing Software: NINA with Hocus Focus plug-in by George Hilios (jokogeo)
Streaming software: OSB with Stream Deck
Planetarium software: Stellarium
Imaging (EAA) software: Sharpcap
Portable operating solution: icron USB Raven 3124 USB 3-2-1 Extender operating indoors, approximately 200 feet from the observatory, with data being transported via fiber-optic cable
12V Power distributed by a power distribution by RIGrunner 4005i by West Mountain Radio
110V Power distributed by a Tripp Lite 14 Outlet Network-Grade Rackmount PDU, 15A Power Strip
Rack at base of scope: Gator Cases Pro Series Rotationally Molded 4U Rack Case (G-PRO-4U-13)

Please visit our website at:
https://emeraldhillsskies.com/
and the resource site for electronically-assisted astronomy at...
http://eaa101.com
and, at the request of our online friends, our Patreon site at...
https://www.patreon.com/EmeraldHillsS...
and as of this broadcast, a new online store at:
https://emerald-hills-skies.myspreadshop.com/

Thanks for joining us!

Doug

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YouTube Video UExka0dpYXR0dmFEd3FQbG5Bc0RuMEF1TVE4bmdLOGNNSS5BNTRGQTE1QjY2NUE5NTAz

Cosmic Challenge Part 8: Electronically-Assisted Team Astronomy via an 11-Inch RASA | Team Sport

205 views November 2, 2023 11:48 am

Electronically-assisted Astronomy (EAA) opens up new vistas for those who would never be able to make time to travel to view the heavenlies through a scope like our RASA 11-inch with a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro astro-camera and an Octopi-Astro camera interface. Operating on an iOptron CEM70G mount from a Pier-Tech Tele-Station 2 observatory on a Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height pier for precision "Go-To" targeting, in this video, we feature another episode of "Cosmic Challenge."  

Thanks for joining us! Astronomy is now a team sport!

We'll hope to play some background music for the first time in this session. We plan to use music from Stellardrone:
https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/stellardrone
https://soundcloud.com/stellardrone

We're grateful for their great sound. All of their music is used here under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution Unported License and is being used without having changed the tracks. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The track list we hope to use:

Some might be interested in the equipment and software that we use. For whatever it's worth, we're relying on the following:

Optical Tube Assembly: 11-inch Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph telescope
Mount: iOptron CEM70G
Primary Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Observatory: Pier-Tech Tele-station 2
Pier: Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height Pier
Dew Shield: Celestron 11 RASA Aluminum Dew Shield
All-Sky Camera - ZWO ASI178MM
ScopeCam - TP-Link TAPO C325WB
The USB hub on the equipment plate (riding up on the scope) is a Pegasus Astro USB Control Hub.
That equipment plate also carries a Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro to power the USB Hub and cameras, as well as control the dew heater bands to prevent dew build-up on the two cameras.
Filter: Celestron Light-Pollution Imaging Filter
Focus Motor: Celestron Focus Motor
Focusing Software: NINA with Hocus Focus plug-in by George Hilios (jokogeo)
Streaming software: OSB with Stream Deck
Planetarium software: Stellarium
Imaging (EAA) software: Sharpcap
Portable operating solution: icron USB Raven 3124 USB 3-2-1 Extender operating indoors, approximately 200 feet from the observatory, with data being transported via fiber-optic cable
12V Power distributed by a power distribution by RIGrunner 4005i by West Mountain Radio
110V Power distributed by a Tripp Lite 14 Outlet Network-Grade Rackmount PDU, 15A Power Strip
Rack at base of scope: Gator Cases Pro Series Rotationally Molded 4U Rack Case (G-PRO-4U-13)

Please visit our website at:
https://emeraldhillsskies.com/
and the resource site for electronically-assisted astronomy at...
http://eaa101.com
and, at the request of our online friends, our Patreon site at...
https://www.patreon.com/EmeraldHillsS...
and as of this broadcast, a new online store at:
https://emerald-hills-skies.myspreadshop.com/

Thanks for joining us! 

Doug

Electronically-assisted Astronomy (EAA) opens up new vistas for those who would never be able to make time to travel to view the heavenlies through a scope like our RASA 11-inch with a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro astro-camera and an Octopi-Astro camera interface. Operating on an iOptron CEM70G mount from a Pier-Tech Tele-Station 2 observatory on a Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height pier for precision "Go-To" targeting, in this video, we feature another episode of "Cosmic Challenge."

Thanks for joining us! Astronomy is now a team sport!

We'll hope to play some background music for the first time in this session. We plan to use music from Stellardrone:
https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/stellardrone
https://soundcloud.com/stellardrone

We're grateful for their great sound. All of their music is used here under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution Unported License and is being used without having changed the tracks. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The track list we hope to use:

Some might be interested in the equipment and software that we use. For whatever it's worth, we're relying on the following:

Optical Tube Assembly: 11-inch Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph telescope
Mount: iOptron CEM70G
Primary Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Observatory: Pier-Tech Tele-station 2
Pier: Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height Pier
Dew Shield: Celestron 11 RASA Aluminum Dew Shield
All-Sky Camera - ZWO ASI178MM
ScopeCam - TP-Link TAPO C325WB
The USB hub on the equipment plate (riding up on the scope) is a Pegasus Astro USB Control Hub.
That equipment plate also carries a Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro to power the USB Hub and cameras, as well as control the dew heater bands to prevent dew build-up on the two cameras.
Filter: Celestron Light-Pollution Imaging Filter
Focus Motor: Celestron Focus Motor
Focusing Software: NINA with Hocus Focus plug-in by George Hilios (jokogeo)
Streaming software: OSB with Stream Deck
Planetarium software: Stellarium
Imaging (EAA) software: Sharpcap
Portable operating solution: icron USB Raven 3124 USB 3-2-1 Extender operating indoors, approximately 200 feet from the observatory, with data being transported via fiber-optic cable
12V Power distributed by a power distribution by RIGrunner 4005i by West Mountain Radio
110V Power distributed by a Tripp Lite 14 Outlet Network-Grade Rackmount PDU, 15A Power Strip
Rack at base of scope: Gator Cases Pro Series Rotationally Molded 4U Rack Case (G-PRO-4U-13)

Please visit our website at:
https://emeraldhillsskies.com/
and the resource site for electronically-assisted astronomy at...
http://eaa101.com
and, at the request of our online friends, our Patreon site at...
https://www.patreon.com/EmeraldHillsS...
and as of this broadcast, a new online store at:
https://emerald-hills-skies.myspreadshop.com/

Thanks for joining us!

Doug

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YouTube Video UExka0dpYXR0dmFEd3FQbG5Bc0RuMEF1TVE4bmdLOGNNSS5FOTE3RTBFMjNFMDNEM0Yz

Cosmic Challenge Part 7: Electronically-Assisted Team Astronomy via an 11-Inch RASA | Team Sport

316 views October 23, 2023 11:55 am

Electronically-assisted Astronomy (EAA) opens up new vistas for those who would never be able to make time to travel to view the heavenlies through a scope like our RASA 11-inch with a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro astro-camera and an Octopi-Astro camera interface. Operating on an iOptron CEM70G mount from a Pier-Tech Tele-Station 2 observatory on a Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height pier for precision "Go-To" targeting, in this video, we feature another episode of "Cosmic Challenge."  During this video, we observed:

Barnard 168
NGC 6886
Stephan's Quintet
NGC 7331
NGC 7333
NGC 7335
MGC 7336
NGC 7338
NGC 7320
NGC 7318A
NGC 7319
NGC 7340
IC 4997
Apollo landing sites - for 11, 12 14, 15, 16, 17

Thanks for joining us! Astronomy is now a team sport!

We'll hope to play some background music for the first time in this session. We plan to use music from Stellardrone:
https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/stellardrone
https://soundcloud.com/stellardrone

We're grateful for their great sound. All of their music is used here under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution Unported License and is being used without having changed the tracks. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The track list we hope to use:

Some might be interested in the equipment and software that we use. For whatever it's worth, we're relying on the following:

Optical Tube Assembly: 11-inch Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph telescope
Mount: iOptron CEM70G
Primary Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Observatory: Pier-Tech Tele-station 2
Pier: Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height Pier
Dew Shield: Celestron 11 RASA Aluminum Dew Shield
All-Sky Camera - ZWO ASI178MM
ScopeCam - TP-Link TAPO C325WB
The USB hub on the equipment plate (riding up on the scope) is a Pegasus Astro USB Control Hub.
That equipment plate also carries a Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro to power the USB Hub and cameras, as well as control the dew heater bands to prevent dew build-up on the two cameras.
Filter: Celestron Light-Pollution Imaging Filter
Focus Motor: Celestron Focus Motor
Focusing Software: NINA with Hocus Focus plug-in by George Hilios (jokogeo)
Streaming software: OSB with Stream Deck
Planetarium software: Stellarium
Imaging (EAA) software: Sharpcap
Portable operating solution: icron USB Raven 3124 USB 3-2-1 Extender operating indoors, approximately 200 feet from the observatory, with data being transported via fiber-optic cable
12V Power distributed by a power distribution by RIGrunner 4005i by West Mountain Radio
110V Power distributed by a Tripp Lite 14 Outlet Network-Grade Rackmount PDU, 15A Power Strip
Rack at base of scope: Gator Cases Pro Series Rotationally Molded 4U Rack Case (G-PRO-4U-13)

Please visit our website at:
https://emeraldhillsskies.com/
and the resource site for electronically-assisted astronomy at...
http://eaa101.com
and, at the request of our online friends, our Patreon site at...
https://www.patreon.com/EmeraldHillsS...
and as of this broadcast, a new online store at:
https://emerald-hills-skies.myspreadshop.com/

Thanks for joining us! 

Doug

Electronically-assisted Astronomy (EAA) opens up new vistas for those who would never be able to make time to travel to view the heavenlies through a scope like our RASA 11-inch with a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro astro-camera and an Octopi-Astro camera interface. Operating on an iOptron CEM70G mount from a Pier-Tech Tele-Station 2 observatory on a Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height pier for precision "Go-To" targeting, in this video, we feature another episode of "Cosmic Challenge." Thanks for joining us! Astronomy is now a team sport!

We'll hope to play some background music for the first time in this session. We plan to use music from Stellardrone:
https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/stellardrone
https://soundcloud.com/stellardrone

We're grateful for their great sound. All of their music is used here under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution Unported License and is being used without having changed the tracks. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The track list we hope to use:

Some might be interested in the equipment and software that we use. For whatever it's worth, we're relying on the following:

Optical Tube Assembly: 11-inch Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph telescope
Mount: iOptron CEM70G
Primary Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Observatory: Pier-Tech Tele-station 2
Pier: Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height Pier
Dew Shield: Celestron 11 RASA Aluminum Dew Shield
All-Sky Camera - ZWO ASI178MM
ScopeCam - TP-Link TAPO C325WB
The USB hub on the equipment plate (riding up on the scope) is a Pegasus Astro USB Control Hub.
That equipment plate also carries a Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro to power the USB Hub and cameras, as well as control the dew heater bands to prevent dew build-up on the two cameras.
Filter: Celestron Light-Pollution Imaging Filter
Focus Motor: Celestron Focus Motor
Focusing Software: NINA with Hocus Focus plug-in by George Hilios (jokogeo)
Streaming software: OSB with Stream Deck
Planetarium software: Stellarium
Imaging (EAA) software: Sharpcap
Portable operating solution: icron USB Raven 3124 USB 3-2-1 Extender operating indoors, approximately 200 feet from the observatory, with data being transported via fiber-optic cable
12V Power distributed by a power distribution by RIGrunner 4005i by West Mountain Radio
110V Power distributed by a Tripp Lite 14 Outlet Network-Grade Rackmount PDU, 15A Power Strip
Rack at base of scope: Gator Cases Pro Series Rotationally Molded 4U Rack Case (G-PRO-4U-13)

Please visit our website at:
https://emeraldhillsskies.com/
and the resource site for electronically-assisted astronomy at...
http://eaa101.com
and, at the request of our online friends, our Patreon site at...
https://www.patreon.com/EmeraldHillsS...
and as of this broadcast, a new online store at:
https://emerald-hills-skies.myspreadshop.com/

Thanks for joining us!

Doug

21 3

YouTube Video UExka0dpYXR0dmFEd3FQbG5Bc0RuMEF1TVE4bmdLOGNNSS5FMjFERkYxMjI2NjkyMjg5

Cosmic Challenge Part 6: Electronically-Assisted Team Astronomy via an 11-Inch RASA | Team Sport

240 views October 1, 2023 11:03 am

Electronically-assisted Astronomy (EAA) opens up new vistas for those who would never be able to make time to travel to view the heavenlies through a scope like our RASA 11-inch with a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro astro-camera and an Octopi-Astro camera interface. Operating on an iOptron CEM70G mount from a Pier-Tech Tele-Station 2 observatory on a Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height pier for precision "Go-To" targeting, in this video, we feature another episode of "Cosmic Challenge." Thanks for joining us! Astronomy is now a team sport!

We'll hope to play some background music for the first time in this session. We plan to use music from Stellardrone:
https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/stellardrone
https://soundcloud.com/stellardrone

We're grateful for their great sound. All of their music is used here under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution Unported License and is being used without having changed the tracks. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The track list we hope to use:

Some might be interested in the equipment and software that we use. For whatever it's worth, we're relying on the following:

Optical Tube Assembly: 11-inch Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph telescope
Mount: iOptron CEM70G
Primary Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Observatory: Pier-Tech Tele-station 2
Pier: Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height Pier
Dew Shield: Celestron 11 RASA Aluminum Dew Shield
All-Sky Camera - ZWO ASI178MM
ScopeCam - TP-Link TAPO C325WB
The USB hub on the equipment plate (riding up on the scope) is a Pegasus Astro USB Control Hub.
That equipment plate also carries a Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro to power the USB Hub and cameras, as well as control the dew heater bands to prevent dew build-up on the two cameras.
Filter: Celestron Light-Pollution Imaging Filter
Focus Motor: Celestron Focus Motor
Focusing Software: NINA with Hocus Focus plug-in by George Hilios (jokogeo)
Streaming software: OSB with Stream Deck
Planetarium software: Stellarium
Imaging (EAA) software: Sharpcap
Portable operating solution: icron USB Raven 3124 USB 3-2-1 Extender operating indoors, approximately 200 feet from the observatory, with data being transported via fiber-optic cable
12V Power distributed by a power distribution by RIGrunner 4005i by West Mountain Radio
110V Power distributed by a Tripp Lite 14 Outlet Network-Grade Rackmount PDU, 15A Power Strip
Rack at base of scope: Gator Cases Pro Series Rotationally Molded 4U Rack Case (G-PRO-4U-13)

Please visit our website at:
https://emeraldhillsskies.com/
and the resource site for electronically-assisted astronomy at...
http://eaa101.com
and, at the request of our online friends, our Patreon site at...
https://www.patreon.com/EmeraldHillsS...
and as of this broadcast, a new online store at:
https://emerald-hills-skies.myspreadshop.com/

Thanks for joining us! 

Doug

Electronically-assisted Astronomy (EAA) opens up new vistas for those who would never be able to make time to travel to view the heavenlies through a scope like our RASA 11-inch with a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro astro-camera and an Octopi-Astro camera interface. Operating on an iOptron CEM70G mount from a Pier-Tech Tele-Station 2 observatory on a Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height pier for precision "Go-To" targeting, in this video, we feature another episode of "Cosmic Challenge." Thanks for joining us! Astronomy is now a team sport!

We'll hope to play some background music for the first time in this session. We plan to use music from Stellardrone:
https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/stellardrone
https://soundcloud.com/stellardrone

We're grateful for their great sound. All of their music is used here under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution Unported License and is being used without having changed the tracks. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The track list we hope to use:

Some might be interested in the equipment and software that we use. For whatever it's worth, we're relying on the following:

Optical Tube Assembly: 11-inch Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph telescope
Mount: iOptron CEM70G
Primary Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Observatory: Pier-Tech Tele-station 2
Pier: Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height Pier
Dew Shield: Celestron 11 RASA Aluminum Dew Shield
All-Sky Camera - ZWO ASI178MM
ScopeCam - TP-Link TAPO C325WB
The USB hub on the equipment plate (riding up on the scope) is a Pegasus Astro USB Control Hub.
That equipment plate also carries a Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro to power the USB Hub and cameras, as well as control the dew heater bands to prevent dew build-up on the two cameras.
Filter: Celestron Light-Pollution Imaging Filter
Focus Motor: Celestron Focus Motor
Focusing Software: NINA with Hocus Focus plug-in by George Hilios (jokogeo)
Streaming software: OSB with Stream Deck
Planetarium software: Stellarium
Imaging (EAA) software: Sharpcap
Portable operating solution: icron USB Raven 3124 USB 3-2-1 Extender operating indoors, approximately 200 feet from the observatory, with data being transported via fiber-optic cable
12V Power distributed by a power distribution by RIGrunner 4005i by West Mountain Radio
110V Power distributed by a Tripp Lite 14 Outlet Network-Grade Rackmount PDU, 15A Power Strip
Rack at base of scope: Gator Cases Pro Series Rotationally Molded 4U Rack Case (G-PRO-4U-13)

Please visit our website at:
https://emeraldhillsskies.com/
and the resource site for electronically-assisted astronomy at...
http://eaa101.com
and, at the request of our online friends, our Patreon site at...
https://www.patreon.com/EmeraldHillsS...
and as of this broadcast, a new online store at:
https://emerald-hills-skies.myspreadshop.com/

Thanks for joining us!

Doug

22 6

YouTube Video UExka0dpYXR0dmFEd3FQbG5Bc0RuMEF1TVE4bmdLOGNNSS4zMkY2MjA3RDJERTkxNjkz

Cosmic Challenge Part 5: Electronically-Assisted Team Astronomy via an 11-Inch RASA | Team Sport

209 views September 24, 2023 11:33 am

Sky Portraits: Close-ups of a Deep Space Objects

YouTube

Electronically-assisted Astronomy (EAA) opens up new vistas for those who would never be able to make time to travel to view the heavenlies through a scope like our RASA 11-inch with a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro astro-camera and an Octopi-Astro camera interface. Operating on an iOptron CEM70G mount from a Pier-Tech Tele-Station 2 observatory on a Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height pier for precision "Go-To" targeting, in this video, we feature another episode in a series based on Phil Harrington's book, Cosmic Challenge, a list of Deep-Space Objects that are literally "out of this world!" Thanks for joining us! Astronomy is now a team sport! This episode was quite a bit different because we operated from the observatory itself - for the first time in our EAA observing career! (Until now, we've only been able to operate from indoors - because we didn't have internet in the observatory... until now!) We located and observed the supernova - then hit additional targets in the Secret Deep list. We dedicated this live stream to Angela, who was the daughter of one of our faithful channel members, Az Ray. Az Ray told us tonight during the live stream that Angela "went to be with the Lord" last night. We paused to pray - and our hearts ache with Ray for this loss.

We'll hope to play some background music for the first time in this session. We plan to use music from Stellardrone:
https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/stellardrone
https://soundcloud.com/stellardrone

We're grateful for their great sound. All of their music is used here under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution Unported License and is being used without having changed the tracks. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The track list we hope to use:

Some might be interested in the equipment and software that we use. For whatever it's worth, we're relying on the following:

Optical Tube Assembly: 11-inch Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph telescope
Mount: iOptron CEM70G
Primary Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Observatory: Pier-Tech Tele-station 2
Pier: Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height Pier
Dew Shield: Celestron 11 RASA Aluminum Dew Shield
All-Sky Camera - ZWO ASI178MM
The USB hub on the equipment plate (riding up on the scope) is a Pegasus Astro USB Control Hub.
That equipment plate also carries a Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro to power the USB Hub and cameras, as well as control the dew heater bands to prevent dew build-up on the two cameras.
Filter: Celestron Light-Pollution Imaging Filter
Focus Motor: Celestron Focus Motor
Focusing Software: NINA with Hocus Focus plug-in by George Hilios (jokogeo)
Streaming software: OSB with Stream Deck
Planetarium software: Stellarium
Imaging (EAA) software: Sharpcap
Portable operating solution: icron USB Raven 3124 USB 3-2-1 Extender operating indoors, approximately 200 feet from the observatory, with data being transported via fiber-optic cable
12V Power distributed by a power distribution by RIGrunner 4005i by West Mountain Radio
12V Power supply homemade using a MEAN WELL LRS-350-12 348W 12V 29 Amp transformer
110V Power distributed by a Tripp Lite 14 Outlet Network-Grade Rackmount PDU, 15A Power Strip
Rack at base of scope: Gator Cases Pro Series Rotationally Molded 4U Rack Case (G-PRO-4U-13)

Please visit our website at:
https://emeraldhillsskies.com/
and the resource site for electronically-assisted astronomy at...
http://eaa101.com
and, at the request of our online friends, our Patreon site at...
https://www.patreon.com/EmeraldHillsS...
and as of this broadcast, a new online store at:
https://emerald-hills-skies.myspreadshop.com/

Thanks for joining us! 

Doug

Electronically-assisted Astronomy (EAA) opens up new vistas for those who would never be able to make time to travel to view the heavenlies through a scope like our RASA 11-inch with a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro astro-camera and an Octopi-Astro camera interface. Operating on an iOptron CEM70G mount from a Pier-Tech Tele-Station 2 observatory on a Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height pier for precision "Go-To" targeting, in this video, we feature another episode in a series based on Phil Harrington's book, Cosmic Challenge, a list of Deep-Space Objects that are literally "out of this world!" Thanks for joining us! Astronomy is now a team sport! This episode was quite a bit different because we operated from the observatory itself - for the first time in our EAA observing career! (Until now, we've only been able to operate from indoors - because we didn't have internet in the observatory... until now!) We located and observed the supernova - then hit additional targets in the Secret Deep list. We dedicated this live stream to Angela, who was the daughter of one of our faithful channel members, Az Ray. Az Ray told us tonight during the live stream that Angela "went to be with the Lord" last night. We paused to pray - and our hearts ache with Ray for this loss.

We'll hope to play some background music for the first time in this session. We plan to use music from Stellardrone:
https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/stellardrone
https://soundcloud.com/stellardrone

We're grateful for their great sound. All of their music is used here under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution Unported License and is being used without having changed the tracks. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The track list we hope to use:

Some might be interested in the equipment and software that we use. For whatever it's worth, we're relying on the following:

Optical Tube Assembly: 11-inch Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph telescope
Mount: iOptron CEM70G
Primary Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Observatory: Pier-Tech Tele-station 2
Pier: Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height Pier
Dew Shield: Celestron 11 RASA Aluminum Dew Shield
All-Sky Camera - ZWO ASI178MM
The USB hub on the equipment plate (riding up on the scope) is a Pegasus Astro USB Control Hub.
That equipment plate also carries a Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro to power the USB Hub and cameras, as well as control the dew heater bands to prevent dew build-up on the two cameras.
Filter: Celestron Light-Pollution Imaging Filter
Focus Motor: Celestron Focus Motor
Focusing Software: NINA with Hocus Focus plug-in by George Hilios (jokogeo)
Streaming software: OSB with Stream Deck
Planetarium software: Stellarium
Imaging (EAA) software: Sharpcap
Portable operating solution: icron USB Raven 3124 USB 3-2-1 Extender operating indoors, approximately 200 feet from the observatory, with data being transported via fiber-optic cable
12V Power distributed by a power distribution by RIGrunner 4005i by West Mountain Radio
12V Power supply homemade using a MEAN WELL LRS-350-12 348W 12V 29 Amp transformer
110V Power distributed by a Tripp Lite 14 Outlet Network-Grade Rackmount PDU, 15A Power Strip
Rack at base of scope: Gator Cases Pro Series Rotationally Molded 4U Rack Case (G-PRO-4U-13)

Please visit our website at:
https://emeraldhillsskies.com/
and the resource site for electronically-assisted astronomy at...
http://eaa101.com
and, at the request of our online friends, our Patreon site at...
https://www.patreon.com/EmeraldHillsS...
and as of this broadcast, a new online store at:
https://emerald-hills-skies.myspreadshop.com/

Thanks for joining us!

Doug

21 5

YouTube Video UExka0dpYXR0dmFEeGtoOXZENVBjaEZyZTdMVXR5OTlQMS5GNjNDRDREMDQxOThCMDQ2

Newly-Discovered Supernova: Can We Find It!? and... more "Secret Deep," in the observatory itself!

330 views June 17, 2023 12:51 pm

Electronically-assisted Astronomy (EAA) opens up new vistas for those who would never be able to make time to travel to view the heavenlies through a scope like our RASA 11-inch with a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro astro-camera and an Octopi-Astro camera interface. Operating on an iOptron CEM70G mount from a Pier-Tech Tele-Station 2 observatory on a Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height pier for precision "Go-To" targeting, in this video, we hoped to feature our continuing chase through the Herschel 400 List of deep-space objects - but instead, we laughed as we chased cool clouds and talked about storm-chasing.

We'll hope to play some background music for the first time in this session. We plan to use music from Stellardrone:
https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/stellardrone
https://soundcloud.com/stellardrone

We're grateful for their great sound. All of their music is used here under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution Unported License and is being used without having changed the tracks. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The track list we hope to use:

Some might be interested in the equipment and software that we use. For whatever it's worth, we're relying on the following:

Optical Tube Assembly: 11-inch Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph telescope
Mount: iOptron CEM70G
Primary Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Observatory: Pier-Tech Tele-station 2
Pier: Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height Pier
Dew Shield: Celestron 11 RASA Aluminum Dew Shield
All-Sky Camera - ZWO ASI178MM
The USB hub on the equipment plate (riding up on the scope) is a Pegasus Astro USB Control Hub.
That equipment plate also carries a Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro to power the USB Hub and cameras, as well as control the dew heater bands to prevent dew build-up on the two cameras.
Filter: Celestron Light-Pollution Imaging Filter
Focus Motor: Celestron Focus Motor
Focusing Software: NINA with Hocus Focus plug-in by George Hilios (jokogeo)
Streaming software: OSB with Stream Deck
Planetarium software: Stellarium
Imaging (EAA) software: Sharpcap
Portable operating solution: icron USB Raven 3124 USB 3-2-1 Extender operating indoors, approximately 200 feet from the observatory, with data being transported via fiber-optic cable
12V Power distributed by a power distribution by RIGrunner 4005i by West Mountain Radio
12V Power supply homemade using a MEAN WELL LRS-350-12 348W 12V 29 Amp transformer
110V Power distributed by a Tripp Lite 14 Outlet Network-Grade Rackmount PDU, 15A Power Strip
Rack at base of scope: Gator Cases Pro Series Rotationally Molded 4U Rack Case (G-PRO-4U-13)

Please visit our website at:
https://emeraldhillsskies.com/
and the resource site for electronically-assisted astronomy at...
http://eaa101.com
and, at the request of our online friends, our Patreon site at...
https://www.patreon.com/EmeraldHillsS...
and as of this broadcast, a new online store at:
https://emerald-hills-skies.myspreadshop.com/

Thanks for joining us! 

Doug

Electronically-assisted Astronomy (EAA) opens up new vistas for those who would never be able to make time to travel to view the heavenlies through a scope like our RASA 11-inch with a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro astro-camera and an Octopi-Astro camera interface. Operating on an iOptron CEM70G mount from a Pier-Tech Tele-Station 2 observatory on a Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height pier for precision "Go-To" targeting, in this video, we hoped to feature our continuing chase through the Herschel 400 List of deep-space objects - but instead, we laughed as we chased cool clouds and talked about storm-chasing.

We'll hope to play some background music for the first time in this session. We plan to use music from Stellardrone:
https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/stellardrone
https://soundcloud.com/stellardrone

We're grateful for their great sound. All of their music is used here under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution Unported License and is being used without having changed the tracks. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The track list we hope to use:

Some might be interested in the equipment and software that we use. For whatever it's worth, we're relying on the following:

Optical Tube Assembly: 11-inch Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph telescope
Mount: iOptron CEM70G
Primary Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Observatory: Pier-Tech Tele-station 2
Pier: Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height Pier
Dew Shield: Celestron 11 RASA Aluminum Dew Shield
All-Sky Camera - ZWO ASI178MM
The USB hub on the equipment plate (riding up on the scope) is a Pegasus Astro USB Control Hub.
That equipment plate also carries a Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro to power the USB Hub and cameras, as well as control the dew heater bands to prevent dew build-up on the two cameras.
Filter: Celestron Light-Pollution Imaging Filter
Focus Motor: Celestron Focus Motor
Focusing Software: NINA with Hocus Focus plug-in by George Hilios (jokogeo)
Streaming software: OSB with Stream Deck
Planetarium software: Stellarium
Imaging (EAA) software: Sharpcap
Portable operating solution: icron USB Raven 3124 USB 3-2-1 Extender operating indoors, approximately 200 feet from the observatory, with data being transported via fiber-optic cable
12V Power distributed by a power distribution by RIGrunner 4005i by West Mountain Radio
12V Power supply homemade using a MEAN WELL LRS-350-12 348W 12V 29 Amp transformer
110V Power distributed by a Tripp Lite 14 Outlet Network-Grade Rackmount PDU, 15A Power Strip
Rack at base of scope: Gator Cases Pro Series Rotationally Molded 4U Rack Case (G-PRO-4U-13)

Please visit our website at:
https://emeraldhillsskies.com/
and the resource site for electronically-assisted astronomy at...
http://eaa101.com
and, at the request of our online friends, our Patreon site at...
https://www.patreon.com/EmeraldHillsS...
and as of this broadcast, a new online store at:
https://emerald-hills-skies.myspreadshop.com/

Thanks for joining us!

Doug

8 6

YouTube Video UExka0dpYXR0dmFEeGtoOXZENVBjaEZyZTdMVXR5OTlQMS45NDk1REZENzhEMzU5MDQz

Deep Space Storm-Chasing via Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA) | Cool Cloud Observations

113 views April 2, 2023 3:50 pm

Skylets: The Craft of Astronomy

YouTube

This Emerald Hills Skylet covers some cool Plate-solving Hacks -- including ways you can locate Astro Targets by finding them first in Stellarium, then, using custom code we'll supply for free, instantly apply cross-hairs on those targets in you live EAA views in Sharpcap (using electronically-assisted astronomy -- EAA). Thanks for taking part!

Note that there is some lag in this video - but I think the message still gets across. My laptop had a lot going on. (I tried using OBS as a screen recorder. Maybe next time, I'll just live-stream it and be done with it.)

We owe special thanks to Pete, an EAA-er from the Isle of Wight, an island in the English Channel (UK). Pete developed the code featured in this video. To copy the code and use it in your own EAA sessions, just go to:

https://emeraldhillsskies.com/resources/

To see other videos, including Pete's very own EAA sessions, just click to:
https://www.youtube.com/@Xio2011/videos

Electronically-assisted Astronomy (EAA) opens up new vistas for those who would never be able to make time to travel to view the heavenlies through a scope like our RASA 11-inch with a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro astro-camera and an Octopi-Astro camera interface. Operating on an iOptron CEM70G mount from a Pier-Tech Tele-Station 2 observatory on a Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height pier for precision "Go-To" targeting, in this video, we feature another episode of "Cosmic Challenge."  

Thanks for joining us! Astronomy is now a team sport!

We'll hope to play some background music for the first time in this session. We plan to use music from Stellardrone:
https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/stellardrone
https://soundcloud.com/stellardrone

We're grateful for their great sound. All of their music is used here under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution Unported License and is being used without having changed the tracks. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The track list we hope to use:

Some might be interested in the equipment and software that we use. For whatever it's worth, we're relying on the following:

Optical Tube Assembly: 11-inch Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph telescope
Mount: iOptron CEM70G
Primary Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Observatory: Pier-Tech Tele-station 2
Pier: Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height Pier
Dew Shield: Celestron 11 RASA Aluminum Dew Shield
All-Sky Camera - ZWO ASI178MM
ScopeCam - TP-Link TAPO C325WB
The USB hub on the equipment plate (riding up on the scope) is a Pegasus Astro USB Control Hub.
That equipment plate also carries a Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro to power the USB Hub and cameras, as well as control the dew heater bands to prevent dew build-up on the two cameras.
Filter: Celestron Light-Pollution Imaging Filter
Focus Motor: Celestron Focus Motor
Focusing Software: NINA with Hocus Focus plug-in by George Hilios (jokogeo)
Streaming software: OSB with Stream Deck
Planetarium software: Stellarium
Imaging (EAA) software: Sharpcap
Portable operating solution: icron USB Raven 3124 USB 3-2-1 Extender operating indoors, approximately 200 feet from the observatory, with data being transported via fiber-optic cable
12V Power distributed by a power distribution by RIGrunner 4005i by West Mountain Radio
110V Power distributed by a Tripp Lite 14 Outlet Network-Grade Rackmount PDU, 15A Power Strip
Rack at base of scope: Gator Cases Pro Series Rotationally Molded 4U Rack Case (G-PRO-4U-13)

Please visit our website at:
https://emeraldhillsskies.com/
and the resource site for electronically-assisted astronomy at...
http://eaa101.com
and our online store at:
https://emerald-hills-skies.myspreadshop.com/

Thanks for joining us! 

Doug

This Emerald Hills Skylet covers some cool Plate-solving Hacks -- including ways you can locate Astro Targets by finding them first in Stellarium, then, using custom code we'll supply for free, instantly apply cross-hairs on those targets in you live EAA views in Sharpcap (using electronically-assisted astronomy -- EAA). Thanks for taking part!

Note that there is some lag in this video - but I think the message still gets across. My laptop had a lot going on. (I tried using OBS as a screen recorder. Maybe next time, I'll just live-stream it and be done with it.)

We owe special thanks to Pete, an EAA-er from the Isle of Wight, an island in the English Channel (UK). Pete developed the code featured in this video. To copy the code and use it in your own EAA sessions, just go to:

https://emeraldhillsskies.com/resources/

To see other videos, including Pete's very own EAA sessions, just click to:
https://www.youtube.com/@Xio2011/videos

Electronically-assisted Astronomy (EAA) opens up new vistas for those who would never be able to make time to travel to view the heavenlies through a scope like our RASA 11-inch with a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro astro-camera and an Octopi-Astro camera interface. Operating on an iOptron CEM70G mount from a Pier-Tech Tele-Station 2 observatory on a Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height pier for precision "Go-To" targeting, in this video, we feature another episode of "Cosmic Challenge."

Thanks for joining us! Astronomy is now a team sport!

We'll hope to play some background music for the first time in this session. We plan to use music from Stellardrone:
https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/stellardrone
https://soundcloud.com/stellardrone

We're grateful for their great sound. All of their music is used here under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution Unported License and is being used without having changed the tracks. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The track list we hope to use:

Some might be interested in the equipment and software that we use. For whatever it's worth, we're relying on the following:

Optical Tube Assembly: 11-inch Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph telescope
Mount: iOptron CEM70G
Primary Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Observatory: Pier-Tech Tele-station 2
Pier: Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height Pier
Dew Shield: Celestron 11 RASA Aluminum Dew Shield
All-Sky Camera - ZWO ASI178MM
ScopeCam - TP-Link TAPO C325WB
The USB hub on the equipment plate (riding up on the scope) is a Pegasus Astro USB Control Hub.
That equipment plate also carries a Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro to power the USB Hub and cameras, as well as control the dew heater bands to prevent dew build-up on the two cameras.
Filter: Celestron Light-Pollution Imaging Filter
Focus Motor: Celestron Focus Motor
Focusing Software: NINA with Hocus Focus plug-in by George Hilios (jokogeo)
Streaming software: OSB with Stream Deck
Planetarium software: Stellarium
Imaging (EAA) software: Sharpcap
Portable operating solution: icron USB Raven 3124 USB 3-2-1 Extender operating indoors, approximately 200 feet from the observatory, with data being transported via fiber-optic cable
12V Power distributed by a power distribution by RIGrunner 4005i by West Mountain Radio
110V Power distributed by a Tripp Lite 14 Outlet Network-Grade Rackmount PDU, 15A Power Strip
Rack at base of scope: Gator Cases Pro Series Rotationally Molded 4U Rack Case (G-PRO-4U-13)

Please visit our website at:
https://emeraldhillsskies.com/
and the resource site for electronically-assisted astronomy at...
http://eaa101.com
and our online store at:
https://emerald-hills-skies.myspreadshop.com/

Thanks for joining us!

Doug

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YouTube Video UExka0dpYXR0dmFEd005TEtOY2ZCOUhhTnFKLVdDMWpDRC4zMUEyMkQwOTk0NTg4MDgw

Locating Targets: Plate-solving Hacks (Stellarium/Sharpcap ,Electronically_Assisted Astronomy - EAA)

126 views November 29, 2023 4:27 am

This "Skylet" is a quick-take on the Unity Platform Software that Pegasus Astro provides for products like our Powerbox Micro and USB distribution hub. It's a cool, colorful dashboard that allows for granular control of each and every port. It also gives great feedback for temperature, humidity, and much more.

The background music on this live stream was produced by Stellardrone and we're so grateful for the fact that he graciously makes it available without charge. Learn more at:
https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/stellardrone
https://soundcloud.com/stellardrone

Some might be interested in the equipment and software that we use. For whatever it's worth, we're relying on the following:

Optical Tube Assembly: 11-inch Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph telescope
Mount: iOptron CEM70G
Primary Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Observatory: Pier-Tech Tele-station 2
Pier: Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height Pier
Dew Shield: Celestron 11 RASA Aluminum Dew Shield
All-Sky Camera - ZWO ASI178MM
The USB hub on the equipment plate (riding up on the scope) is a Pegasus Astro USB Control Hub.
That equipment plate also carries a Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro to power the USB Hub and cameras, as well as control the dew heater bands to prevent dew build-up on the two cameras.
Filter: Celestron Light-Pollution Imaging Filter
Focus Motor: Celestron Focus Motor
Focusing Software: NINA with Hocus Focus plug-in by George Hilios (jokogeo)
Streaming software: OSB with Stream Deck
Planetarium software: Stellarium
Imaging (EAA) software: Sharpcap
Portable operating solution: icron USB Raven 3124 USB 3-2-1 Extender operating indoors, approximately 200 feet from the observatory, with data being transported via fiber-optic cable
12V Power distributed by a power distribution by RIGrunner 4005i by West Mountain Radio
12V Power supply homemade using a MEAN WELL LRS-350-12 348W 12V 29 Amp transformer
110V Power distributed by a Tripp Lite 14 Outlet Network-Grade Rackmount PDU, 15A Power Strip
Rack at base of scope: Gator Cases Pro Series Rotationally Molded 4U Rack Case (G-PRO-4U-13)

Please visit our website at:
https://emeraldhillsskies.com/
and the resource site for electronically-assisted astronomy at...
http://eaa101.com
and, at the request of our online friends, our Patreon site at...
https://www.patreon.com/EmeraldHillsSkies
and as of this broadcast, a new online store at:
https://emerald-hills-skies.myspreadshop.com/

Please stop back on this channel for more live streams and Emerald Hills Skies "Skylets" in the future!

Thanks for joining us! 

Doug

This "Skylet" is a quick-take on the Unity Platform Software that Pegasus Astro provides for products like our Powerbox Micro and USB distribution hub. It's a cool, colorful dashboard that allows for granular control of each and every port. It also gives great feedback for temperature, humidity, and much more.

The background music on this live stream was produced by Stellardrone and we're so grateful for the fact that he graciously makes it available without charge. Learn more at:
https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/stellardrone
https://soundcloud.com/stellardrone

Some might be interested in the equipment and software that we use. For whatever it's worth, we're relying on the following:

Optical Tube Assembly: 11-inch Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph telescope
Mount: iOptron CEM70G
Primary Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Observatory: Pier-Tech Tele-station 2
Pier: Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height Pier
Dew Shield: Celestron 11 RASA Aluminum Dew Shield
All-Sky Camera - ZWO ASI178MM
The USB hub on the equipment plate (riding up on the scope) is a Pegasus Astro USB Control Hub.
That equipment plate also carries a Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro to power the USB Hub and cameras, as well as control the dew heater bands to prevent dew build-up on the two cameras.
Filter: Celestron Light-Pollution Imaging Filter
Focus Motor: Celestron Focus Motor
Focusing Software: NINA with Hocus Focus plug-in by George Hilios (jokogeo)
Streaming software: OSB with Stream Deck
Planetarium software: Stellarium
Imaging (EAA) software: Sharpcap
Portable operating solution: icron USB Raven 3124 USB 3-2-1 Extender operating indoors, approximately 200 feet from the observatory, with data being transported via fiber-optic cable
12V Power distributed by a power distribution by RIGrunner 4005i by West Mountain Radio
12V Power supply homemade using a MEAN WELL LRS-350-12 348W 12V 29 Amp transformer
110V Power distributed by a Tripp Lite 14 Outlet Network-Grade Rackmount PDU, 15A Power Strip
Rack at base of scope: Gator Cases Pro Series Rotationally Molded 4U Rack Case (G-PRO-4U-13)

Please visit our website at:
https://emeraldhillsskies.com/
and the resource site for electronically-assisted astronomy at...
http://eaa101.com
and, at the request of our online friends, our Patreon site at...
https://www.patreon.com/EmeraldHillsSkies
and as of this broadcast, a new online store at:
https://emerald-hills-skies.myspreadshop.com/

Please stop back on this channel for more live streams and Emerald Hills Skies "Skylets" in the future!

Thanks for joining us!

Doug

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YouTube Video UExka0dpYXR0dmFEd005TEtOY2ZCOUhhTnFKLVdDMWpDRC5CQkEwRDA0MDkwNUM2MDY1

Quick-take on "Unity Platform" Software for Pegasus Astro Products: A Cool Control Panel & Dashboard

410 views April 18, 2023 12:34 am

In this Emerald Hills Skylet, we profile two targeting software packages: Astroplanner and Deep-Sky Planner. We suggest that, at the end of the day, it's a choice based on personal preference more than anything else. Which do you prefer?

We'll hope to play some background music for the first time in this session. We plan to use music from Stellardrone:
https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/stellardrone
https://soundcloud.com/stellardrone

We're grateful for their great sound. All of their music is used here under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution Unported License and is being used without having changed the tracks. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The track list we hope to use:

Some might be interested in the equipment and software that we use. For whatever it's worth, we're relying on the following:

Optical Tube Assembly: 11-inch Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph telescope
Mount: iOptron CEM70G
Primary Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Observatory: Pier-Tech Tele-station 2
Pier: Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height Pier
Dew Shield: Celestron 11 RASA Aluminum Dew Shield
All-Sky Camera - ZWO ASI178MM
The USB hub on the equipment plate (riding up on the scope) is a Pegasus Astro USB Control Hub.
That equipment plate also carries a Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro to power the USB Hub and cameras, as well as control the dew heater bands to prevent dew build-up on the two cameras.
Filter: Celestron Light-Pollution Imaging Filter
Focus Motor: Celestron Focus Motor
Focusing Software: NINA with Hocus Focus plug-in by George Hilios (jokogeo)
Streaming software: OSB with Stream Deck
Planetarium software: Stellarium
Imaging (EAA) software: Sharpcap
Portable operating solution: icron USB Raven 3124 USB 3-2-1 Extender operating indoors, approximately 200 feet from the observatory, with data being transported via fiber-optic cable
12V Power distributed by a power distribution by RIGrunner 4005i by West Mountain Radio
12V Power supply homemade using a MEAN WELL LRS-350-12 348W 12V 29 Amp transformer
110V Power distributed by a Tripp Lite 14 Outlet Network-Grade Rackmount PDU, 15A Power Strip
Rack at base of scope: Gator Cases Pro Series Rotationally Molded 4U Rack Case (G-PRO-4U-13)

Please visit our website at:
https://emeraldhillsskies.com/
and the resource site for electronically-assisted astronomy at...
http://eaa101.com
and, at the request of our online friends, our Patreon site at...
https://www.patreon.com/EmeraldHillsS...
and as of this broadcast, a new online store at:
https://emerald-hills-skies.myspreadshop.com/

Thanks for joining us! 

Doug

In this Emerald Hills Skylet, we profile two targeting software packages: Astroplanner and Deep-Sky Planner. We suggest that, at the end of the day, it's a choice based on personal preference more than anything else. Which do you prefer?

We'll hope to play some background music for the first time in this session. We plan to use music from Stellardrone:
https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/stellardrone
https://soundcloud.com/stellardrone

We're grateful for their great sound. All of their music is used here under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution Unported License and is being used without having changed the tracks. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The track list we hope to use:

Some might be interested in the equipment and software that we use. For whatever it's worth, we're relying on the following:

Optical Tube Assembly: 11-inch Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph telescope
Mount: iOptron CEM70G
Primary Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Observatory: Pier-Tech Tele-station 2
Pier: Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height Pier
Dew Shield: Celestron 11 RASA Aluminum Dew Shield
All-Sky Camera - ZWO ASI178MM
The USB hub on the equipment plate (riding up on the scope) is a Pegasus Astro USB Control Hub.
That equipment plate also carries a Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro to power the USB Hub and cameras, as well as control the dew heater bands to prevent dew build-up on the two cameras.
Filter: Celestron Light-Pollution Imaging Filter
Focus Motor: Celestron Focus Motor
Focusing Software: NINA with Hocus Focus plug-in by George Hilios (jokogeo)
Streaming software: OSB with Stream Deck
Planetarium software: Stellarium
Imaging (EAA) software: Sharpcap
Portable operating solution: icron USB Raven 3124 USB 3-2-1 Extender operating indoors, approximately 200 feet from the observatory, with data being transported via fiber-optic cable
12V Power distributed by a power distribution by RIGrunner 4005i by West Mountain Radio
12V Power supply homemade using a MEAN WELL LRS-350-12 348W 12V 29 Amp transformer
110V Power distributed by a Tripp Lite 14 Outlet Network-Grade Rackmount PDU, 15A Power Strip
Rack at base of scope: Gator Cases Pro Series Rotationally Molded 4U Rack Case (G-PRO-4U-13)

Please visit our website at:
https://emeraldhillsskies.com/
and the resource site for electronically-assisted astronomy at...
http://eaa101.com
and, at the request of our online friends, our Patreon site at...
https://www.patreon.com/EmeraldHillsS...
and as of this broadcast, a new online store at:
https://emerald-hills-skies.myspreadshop.com/

Thanks for joining us!

Doug

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YouTube Video UExka0dpYXR0dmFEd005TEtOY2ZCOUhhTnFKLVdDMWpDRC5GNjAwN0Y0QTFGOTVDMEMy

Two Targeting Software Packages: Astroplanner vs Deep-Sky Planner - Which Do You Prefer?

409 views April 2, 2023 5:38 pm

This is a live stream of our early-morning comet-chasing attempts on Jan. 27, 2023, to locate Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF). [Note: In the video, I struggle to remember how fast this comet is traveling. The actual speed is over 127,000 miles per hour. By comparison, the typical jet travels around 500mph.)

At Emerald Hills Skies, we use a technique called "Electronically-assisted Astronomy (EAA)." In this Emerald Hills Skies "Skylet," we review Stellarium as part of the craft that helps us do EAA each session. We regularly rely on a RASA 11-inch with a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro astro-camera and an Octopi-Astro camera interface operating on an iOptron CEM70G mount from a Pier-Tech Tele-Station 2 observatory on a Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height pier for precision "Go-To" targeting. 

The background music on this live stream was produced by Stellardrone and we're so grateful for the fact that he graciously makes it available without charge. Learn more at:
https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/stellardrone
https://soundcloud.com/stellardrone

Some might be interested in the equipment and software that we use. For whatever it's worth, we're relying on the following:

Optical Tube Assembly: 11-inch Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph telescope
Mount: iOptron CEM70G
Primary Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Observatory: Pier-Tech Tele-station 2
Pier: Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height Pier
Dew Shield: Celestron 11 RASA Aluminum Dew Shield
All-Sky Camera - ZWO ASI178MM
The USB hub on the equipment plate (riding up on the scope) is a Pegasus Astro USB Control Hub.
That equipment plate also carries a Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro to power the USB Hub and cameras, as well as control the dew heater bands to prevent dew build-up on the two cameras.
Filter: Celestron Light-Pollution Imaging Filter
Focus Motor: Celestron Focus Motor
Focusing Software: NINA with Hocus Focus plug-in by George Hilios (jokogeo)
Streaming software: OSB with Stream Deck
Planetarium software: Stellarium
Imaging (EAA) software: Sharpcap
Portable operating solution: icron USB Raven 3124 USB 3-2-1 Extender operating indoors, approximately 200 feet from the observatory, with data being transported via fiber-optic cable
12V Power distributed by a power distribution by RIGrunner 4005i by West Mountain Radio
12V Power supply homemade using a MEAN WELL LRS-350-12 348W 12V 29 Amp transformer
110V Power distributed by a Tripp Lite 14 Outlet Network-Grade Rackmount PDU, 15A Power Strip
Rack at base of scope: Gator Cases Pro Series Rotationally Molded 4U Rack Case (G-PRO-4U-13)

Please visit our website at:
https://emeraldhillsskies.com/
and the resource site for electronically-assisted astronomy at...
http://eaa101.com
and, at the request of our online friends, our Patreon site at...
https://www.patreon.com/EmeraldHillsSkies
and as of this broadcast, a new online store at:
https://emerald-hills-skies.myspreadshop.com/

Please stop back on this channel for more live streams and Emerald Hills Skies "Skylets" in the future!

Thanks for joining us! 

Doug

This is a live stream of our early-morning comet-chasing attempts on Jan. 27, 2023, to locate Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF). [Note: In the video, I struggle to remember how fast this comet is traveling. The actual speed is over 127,000 miles per hour. By comparison, the typical jet travels around 500mph.)

At Emerald Hills Skies, we use a technique called "Electronically-assisted Astronomy (EAA)." In this Emerald Hills Skies "Skylet," we review Stellarium as part of the craft that helps us do EAA each session. We regularly rely on a RASA 11-inch with a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro astro-camera and an Octopi-Astro camera interface operating on an iOptron CEM70G mount from a Pier-Tech Tele-Station 2 observatory on a Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height pier for precision "Go-To" targeting.

The background music on this live stream was produced by Stellardrone and we're so grateful for the fact that he graciously makes it available without charge. Learn more at:
https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/stellardrone
https://soundcloud.com/stellardrone

Some might be interested in the equipment and software that we use. For whatever it's worth, we're relying on the following:

Optical Tube Assembly: 11-inch Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph telescope
Mount: iOptron CEM70G
Primary Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Observatory: Pier-Tech Tele-station 2
Pier: Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height Pier
Dew Shield: Celestron 11 RASA Aluminum Dew Shield
All-Sky Camera - ZWO ASI178MM
The USB hub on the equipment plate (riding up on the scope) is a Pegasus Astro USB Control Hub.
That equipment plate also carries a Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro to power the USB Hub and cameras, as well as control the dew heater bands to prevent dew build-up on the two cameras.
Filter: Celestron Light-Pollution Imaging Filter
Focus Motor: Celestron Focus Motor
Focusing Software: NINA with Hocus Focus plug-in by George Hilios (jokogeo)
Streaming software: OSB with Stream Deck
Planetarium software: Stellarium
Imaging (EAA) software: Sharpcap
Portable operating solution: icron USB Raven 3124 USB 3-2-1 Extender operating indoors, approximately 200 feet from the observatory, with data being transported via fiber-optic cable
12V Power distributed by a power distribution by RIGrunner 4005i by West Mountain Radio
12V Power supply homemade using a MEAN WELL LRS-350-12 348W 12V 29 Amp transformer
110V Power distributed by a Tripp Lite 14 Outlet Network-Grade Rackmount PDU, 15A Power Strip
Rack at base of scope: Gator Cases Pro Series Rotationally Molded 4U Rack Case (G-PRO-4U-13)

Please visit our website at:
https://emeraldhillsskies.com/
and the resource site for electronically-assisted astronomy at...
http://eaa101.com
and, at the request of our online friends, our Patreon site at...
https://www.patreon.com/EmeraldHillsSkies
and as of this broadcast, a new online store at:
https://emerald-hills-skies.myspreadshop.com/

Please stop back on this channel for more live streams and Emerald Hills Skies "Skylets" in the future!

Thanks for joining us!

Doug

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YouTube Video UExka0dpYXR0dmFEd005TEtOY2ZCOUhhTnFKLVdDMWpDRC43NERCMDIzQzFBMERCMEE3

Early-Morning Comet-Chasing via Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA) - Real-Time Telescope Views

257 views January 27, 2023 6:26 pm

This is a live stream (and recording of a live stream) sharing an objective review of Stellarium, an open-source planetarium software designed to help amateur astronomers plan and envision their observing sessions both in advance and during the night.

At Emerald Hills Skies, we use a technique called "Electronically-assisted Astronomy (EAA)." In this Emerald Hills Skies "Skylet," we review Stellarium as part of the craft that helps us do EAA each session. We regularly rely on a RASA 11-inch with a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro astro-camera and an Octopi-Astro camera interface operating on an iOptron CEM70G mount from a Pier-Tech Tele-Station 2 observatory on a Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height pier for precision "Go-To" targeting. 

In this video, we make reference to the book by Stephen James O'Meara entitled,  "The Secret Deep," published by Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, UK, as well as New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, and Sao Paulo).

The background music on this live stream was produced by Stellardrone and we're so grateful for the fact that he graciously makes it available without charge. Learn more at:
https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/stellardrone
https://soundcloud.com/stellardrone

Some might be interested in the equipment and software that we use. For whatever it's worth, we're relying on the following:

Optical Tube Assembly: 11-inch Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph telescope
Mount: iOptron CEM70G
Primary Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Observatory: Pier-Tech Tele-station 2
Pier: Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height Pier
Dew Shield: Celestron 11 RASA Aluminum Dew Shield
All-Sky Camera - ZWO ASI178MM
The USB hub on the equipment plate (riding up on the scope) is a Pegasus Astro USB Control Hub.
That equipment plate also carries a Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro to power the USB Hub and cameras, as well as control the dew heater bands to prevent dew build-up on the two cameras.
Filter: Celestron Light-Pollution Imaging Filter
Focus Motor: Celestron Focus Motor
Focusing Software: NINA with Hocus Focus plug-in by George Hilios (jokogeo)
Streaming software: OSB with Stream Deck
Planetarium software: Stellarium
Imaging (EAA) software: Sharpcap
Portable operating solution: icron USB Raven 3124 USB 3-2-1 Extender operating indoors, approximately 200 feet from the observatory, with data being transported via fiber-optic cable
12V Power distributed by a power distribution by RIGrunner 4005i by West Mountain Radio
12V Power supply homemade using a MEAN WELL LRS-350-12 348W 12V 29 Amp transformer
110V Power distributed by a Tripp Lite 14 Outlet Network-Grade Rackmount PDU, 15A Power Strip
Rack at base of scope: Gator Cases Pro Series Rotationally Molded 4U Rack Case (G-PRO-4U-13)

Please visit our website at:
https://emeraldhillsskies.com/
and the resource site for electronically-assisted astronomy at...
http://eaa101.com
and our Patreon site at...
https://www.patreon.com/EmeraldHillsSkies
Please stop back on this channel for more live streams and Emerald Hills Skies "Skylets" in the future!

Thanks for joining us! 

Doug

This is a live stream (and recording of a live stream) sharing an objective review of Stellarium, an open-source planetarium software designed to help amateur astronomers plan and envision their observing sessions both in advance and during the night.

At Emerald Hills Skies, we use a technique called "Electronically-assisted Astronomy (EAA)." In this Emerald Hills Skies "Skylet," we review Stellarium as part of the craft that helps us do EAA each session. We regularly rely on a RASA 11-inch with a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro astro-camera and an Octopi-Astro camera interface operating on an iOptron CEM70G mount from a Pier-Tech Tele-Station 2 observatory on a Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height pier for precision "Go-To" targeting.

In this video, we make reference to the book by Stephen James O'Meara entitled, "The Secret Deep," published by Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, UK, as well as New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, and Sao Paulo).

The background music on this live stream was produced by Stellardrone and we're so grateful for the fact that he graciously makes it available without charge. Learn more at:
https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/stellardrone
https://soundcloud.com/stellardrone

Some might be interested in the equipment and software that we use. For whatever it's worth, we're relying on the following:

Optical Tube Assembly: 11-inch Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph telescope
Mount: iOptron CEM70G
Primary Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Observatory: Pier-Tech Tele-station 2
Pier: Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height Pier
Dew Shield: Celestron 11 RASA Aluminum Dew Shield
All-Sky Camera - ZWO ASI178MM
The USB hub on the equipment plate (riding up on the scope) is a Pegasus Astro USB Control Hub.
That equipment plate also carries a Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro to power the USB Hub and cameras, as well as control the dew heater bands to prevent dew build-up on the two cameras.
Filter: Celestron Light-Pollution Imaging Filter
Focus Motor: Celestron Focus Motor
Focusing Software: NINA with Hocus Focus plug-in by George Hilios (jokogeo)
Streaming software: OSB with Stream Deck
Planetarium software: Stellarium
Imaging (EAA) software: Sharpcap
Portable operating solution: icron USB Raven 3124 USB 3-2-1 Extender operating indoors, approximately 200 feet from the observatory, with data being transported via fiber-optic cable
12V Power distributed by a power distribution by RIGrunner 4005i by West Mountain Radio
12V Power supply homemade using a MEAN WELL LRS-350-12 348W 12V 29 Amp transformer
110V Power distributed by a Tripp Lite 14 Outlet Network-Grade Rackmount PDU, 15A Power Strip
Rack at base of scope: Gator Cases Pro Series Rotationally Molded 4U Rack Case (G-PRO-4U-13)

Please visit our website at:
https://emeraldhillsskies.com/
and the resource site for electronically-assisted astronomy at...
http://eaa101.com
and our Patreon site at...
https://www.patreon.com/EmeraldHillsSkies
Please stop back on this channel for more live streams and Emerald Hills Skies "Skylets" in the future!

Thanks for joining us!

Doug

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YouTube Video UExka0dpYXR0dmFEd005TEtOY2ZCOUhhTnFKLVdDMWpDRC41NTZEOThBNThFOUVGQkVB

Stellarium 1.0: Here's What I'm Learning (A Review "Live" at the Telescope)

556 views October 21, 2022 9:24 am

This is a live stream (and recording of a live stream) sharing an objective review of Deep-Sky Planner 8, an application designed to help amateur astronomers plan their observation sessions and record observations as they observe.

At Emerald Hills Skies, we use a technique called "Electronically-assisted Astronomy (EAA)." In this Emerald Hills Skies "Skylet," we review DSP8 as part of the craft that helps us do EAA each session. We regularly rely on a RASA 11-inch with a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro astro-camera and an Octopi-Astro camera interface perating on an iOptron CEM70G mount from a Pier-Tech Tele-Station 2 observatory on a Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height pier for precision "Go-To" targeting. 

In this video, we make reference to the book by Stephen James O'Meara entitled,  "The Secret Deep," published by Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, UK, as well as New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, and Sao Paulo).

The background music on this live stream was produced by Stellardrone and we're so grateful for the fact that he graciously makes it available without charge. Learn more at:
https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/stellardrone
https://soundcloud.com/stellardrone

Some might be interested in the equipment and software that we use. For whatever it's worth, we're relying on the following:

Optical Tube Assembly: 11-inch Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph telescope
Mount: iOptron CEM70G
Primary Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Observatory: Pier-Tech Tele-station 2
Pier: Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height Pier
Dew Shield: Celestron 11 RASA Aluminum Dew Shield
All-Sky Camera - ZWO ASI178MM
The USB hub on the equipment plate (riding up on the scope) is a Pegasus Astro USB Control Hub.
That equipment plate also carries a Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro to power the USB Hub and cameras, as well as control the dew heater bands to prevent dew build-up on the two cameras.
Filter: Celestron Light-Pollution Imaging Filter
Focus Motor: Celestron Focus Motor
Focusing Software: NINA with Hocus Focus plug-in by George Hilios (jokogeo)
Streaming software: OSB with Stream Deck
Planetarium software: Starry Night Pro Plus by Simulation Curriculum
Imaging (EAA) software: Sharpcap 4.0.92460 by Robin Glover
Portable operating solution: icron USB Raven 3124 USB 3-2-1 Extender operating indoors, approximately 200 feet from the observatory, with data being transported via fiber-optic cable
12V Power distributed by a power distribution by RIGrunner 4005i by West Mountain Radio
12V Power supply homemade using a MEAN WELL LRS-350-12 348W 12V 29 Amp Single Output Switchable Power Supply
110V Power distributed by a Tripp Lite 14 Outlet Network-Grade Rackmount PDU, 15A Surge Protected Power Strip, 15ft Cord with 5-15P
Rack at base of scope: Gator Cases Pro Series Rotationally Molded 4U Rack Case with Shallow 13" Depth; (G-PRO-4U-13)

Thanks for joining us!

This is a live stream (and recording of a live stream) sharing an objective review of Deep-Sky Planner 8, an application designed to help amateur astronomers plan their observation sessions and record observations as they observe.

At Emerald Hills Skies, we use a technique called "Electronically-assisted Astronomy (EAA)." In this Emerald Hills Skies "Skylet," we review DSP8 as part of the craft that helps us do EAA each session. We regularly rely on a RASA 11-inch with a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro astro-camera and an Octopi-Astro camera interface perating on an iOptron CEM70G mount from a Pier-Tech Tele-Station 2 observatory on a Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height pier for precision "Go-To" targeting.

In this video, we make reference to the book by Stephen James O'Meara entitled, "The Secret Deep," published by Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, UK, as well as New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, and Sao Paulo).

The background music on this live stream was produced by Stellardrone and we're so grateful for the fact that he graciously makes it available without charge. Learn more at:
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Some might be interested in the equipment and software that we use. For whatever it's worth, we're relying on the following:

Optical Tube Assembly: 11-inch Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph telescope
Mount: iOptron CEM70G
Primary Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Observatory: Pier-Tech Tele-station 2
Pier: Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height Pier
Dew Shield: Celestron 11 RASA Aluminum Dew Shield
All-Sky Camera - ZWO ASI178MM
The USB hub on the equipment plate (riding up on the scope) is a Pegasus Astro USB Control Hub.
That equipment plate also carries a Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro to power the USB Hub and cameras, as well as control the dew heater bands to prevent dew build-up on the two cameras.
Filter: Celestron Light-Pollution Imaging Filter
Focus Motor: Celestron Focus Motor
Focusing Software: NINA with Hocus Focus plug-in by George Hilios (jokogeo)
Streaming software: OSB with Stream Deck
Planetarium software: Starry Night Pro Plus by Simulation Curriculum
Imaging (EAA) software: Sharpcap 4.0.92460 by Robin Glover
Portable operating solution: icron USB Raven 3124 USB 3-2-1 Extender operating indoors, approximately 200 feet from the observatory, with data being transported via fiber-optic cable
12V Power distributed by a power distribution by RIGrunner 4005i by West Mountain Radio
12V Power supply homemade using a MEAN WELL LRS-350-12 348W 12V 29 Amp Single Output Switchable Power Supply
110V Power distributed by a Tripp Lite 14 Outlet Network-Grade Rackmount PDU, 15A Surge Protected Power Strip, 15ft Cord with 5-15P
Rack at base of scope: Gator Cases Pro Series Rotationally Molded 4U Rack Case with Shallow 13" Depth; (G-PRO-4U-13)

Thanks for joining us!

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