The Astronomy Thread

I was finally able to catch the other comet! This is C2025 /A6 Lemmon. I could not find it with the naked eye but I was able to see it with the Seestar.

Chanur said:

Do you run red lights outside at night I steady of normal?

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I have a red filter flashlight to use but mostly no. I set the Seestar up before dark because it's easier to set up in the daylight. Then I turn it off and wait for dark. I have these little gloves? that only go on 2 fingers that have a small battery in them and the ends are LED flashlights. I use them to set up everything when it's dark. With the Seestar , after you set the phone up with what you want to shoot, there isn't much to babysit so I usually go inside and come out every 45min-hour to reset the image (to avoid tracking errors so bad). ZWO did release a wedge but that looked like too much work. If I wanted to do all that I would have kept the big ass 12" Meade scope I had.