3SistersAstronomy

Family of five | Space lovers | Astronomy amateurs | 3 sisters looking up & hoping to inspire others to do the same! Follow us on Instagram (3SistersAstronomy)

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The rain cleared, and the clouds parted just in time for the lunar eclipse max last night! We managed to capture a single shot using J2’s Canon & Sigma 150-600mm. Wish we had enough time to set up our star tracker and stack more shots, but we’re just grateful we got to see it!

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🚨 TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE – MAR 13-14
🌕 Thurs night into Fri morning

📌 Times sourced from https://t.co/bWAggNrWVf

Set your alarms & test your gear! As the Moon fades, adjust your camera settings.

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•50 each dark, dark flats, and flats for calibration frames
•Equipment: Celestron CPC 1100, Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro, Hyperstar Reducer, and QHY294M Pro

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The California Nebula (also known as NGC 1499) is an emission nebula in the Perseus constellation located one thousand light-years away from our driveway. This was a fun target to get back into the swing of things with. It’s been forever since we have been able to shoot deep…

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…space. This image is a combination of HA, OIII, SII, and RGB stars. Happy New Year everyone!

•SII: 113 exposures @ 40 seconds
•HA: 120 exposures @ 40 seconds
•OIII: 99 exposures @ 40 seconds
•R, G, B: 50 exposures on each filter (no calibration frames)
•1600 gain

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@LetsGoAstro That’s great to hear. Love that you’re sharing this with the family. These experiences they will remember for a lifetime. Glad to have connected.

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@LetsGoAstro You can find the listing by going to our resource page and then finding our astro sites page.

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Through the clouds I was able to capture the partial eclipse here in Tucson. I borrowed J2’s Canon DSLR & snapped some pictures through our telescopes solar cover. I had to use some tape as the solar cover is a lot bigger than the front of the camera lens, but it worked!

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Yesterdays moon between the clouds during sunset.

Taken with our Canon 60D DSLR

Waxing Gibbous with an illumination of 70.55%

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On Tuesday night, J3 pointed out the moon peeking through some clouds on our way home from jiu-jitsu. I had to grab J2’s camera & capture it while the sun was setting. While processing this, I couldn’t help but think of @AstroLarge. RIP, astro legend!

Waxing Crescent 11%

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Image Details:
70 lights @ 40 seconds / 120 gain stacked with 50 flats, 50 dark flats, & 70 darks (total integration 46 min)

Equipment: Celestron CPC 1100, Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro, Hyperstar Reducer, and ZWO294MC

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Located approximately 35 million light-years from our driveway, in the constellation Leo is the “Leo Triplet”. This is a small group of 3 spiral galaxies…

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On the left of our picture you will find NGC 3628 (also known as the Hamburger Galaxy or Sarah’s Galaxy). At the top right we have Messier 65 (M65 or NGC 3623). Finally, on the bottom right you’ll see Messier 66 (M66 or NGC 3627).

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This data was collected back in February 2022 but I wanted to try some of the new updates on PixInsight.

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Less than two months away! Get your eclipse glasses before it’s too late!

https://t.co/uT5pN0rDj1

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Ha: 50 exposures @ 60 secs
Oiii: 20 exposures @ 60 secs
250 gain/30 offset
20 Darks/20 Dark Flats/
Equipment: Celestron CPC 1100, Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro, Hyperstar Reducer, & QHY294M Pro

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Located approximately 7,500 light-years away from our driveway in the constellation Cassiopeia is the Heart Nebula (IC 1805).