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.

BrutulTM said:

Did anyone see Halley's comet in 1986? I was 9 years old and I remember my dad going out early in the morning to try to see it through his rifle scope but I don't think he ever did. You couldn't get as much good advice about when and where to look as you can now. I'll be 84 next time it comes around if I make it that long. I am lucky enough to live in a great place to look at stars.

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Yep my mom took my brother and me out to the middle of a field and we looked at it through binos. In a way she really got me interested in astronomy. She'd let us stay up late even on a school night to look at meteor showers (as long as we got up on time to go to school). That stuff really sticks with you.