Date Time: August 4, 2019 2245-0300hrs
Weather: No wind, clear, 11C/79% humidity @ 2300hrs, 7C/82% humidity @ 0300hrs. Needed sweater, jacket and hat. Some moths at first, then no bugs.
Attendance: David McCashion
Equipment: Canadian Telescopes 80 ED/APO with 19 mm eyepiece. Canon Rebel T3 with 18-55mm eyepiece and using telescope at prime focus. Images processed with DeepSkyStacker and Photoshop.
Objective: To view and image deep sky objects along the Milkyway.
Report:
Viewed and imaged Jupiter, Saturn, M22, M16, The Coathanger, M71, M31 and the Perseus Double Cluster. Also did a quick search for faint Comet C/2018 W2 Africano which is in Camelopardalis. After reviewing processed image of that area of sky, could not confirm a sighting.
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| Twelve images stacked, 40 second, ISO 6400. |
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| Ten images stacked, 40 second, ISO 6400. |
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| Single shot, 20 second, ISO 6400 |
Observed many satellites, six Perseids and 3 sporadic, with two Perseids being very bright, one leaving a smoke trail. Most meteors were seen coming straight down from high over-head, to the south, and were fast movers. Some were very faint. A few more fast moving very faint meteors were not confirm-able.
Looked for Auroras, which were reported to be possible on this night, but didn't observe any.
Taurus rising in the early morning.
A space station flyover image from Aug 2, 2019
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| Single shot, 8 second, ISO 400. |
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