ScotianSkies

04/05/2026

Wide field shot of Markarian's Chain. In the Virgo cluster. Not a lot of time as clouds rolled in so 300 sec x 11. Straight out of Sharpcap and colour corrected in Photoshop. The 2nd shot is annotated to show all the Galaxies in that small patch of sky. Also never seen so many photo bombs by satellites.

Equipment used Willam Optics Star II at f4.9, ZWO ASI2400MC-PRO, Antilia Triband RGB Ultra filter, all on a Sky-watcher AZ-EQ6.

Enjoy

10/13/2025

09/22/2025

Late start and for some reason and the ZWO ASI2400 just doesn't like working with Sharpcap. Managed to get 3 objects doing 5 min exposures for an hour each, except for the California Nebula as it was after 5am and in my haste to see the train of star link satellites go by I bumped the scope. So only did 8 300 sec exposures. M45 Pleiades did not look the best as I forgot I had the Antilia Triband RGB Ultra filter in. All images taken with the ZWO ASI2400MC-Pro using the William Optics Star II 71, on the Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ 6 GT.

Straight out of Sharpcap and colour corrected in Photoshop.

Enjoy

09/19/2025

Snapped a few pics of moon and Venus this morning. A couple with the Samsung Note 20 Ultra and last one with the Seestar S50. Had to do a screen grab as new update doesn't save to phone.

09/05/2025

Taken this morning at 530am with the Seestar S50 under brightening skies and fog.. 3 min of 10 second exposures.

09/02/2025

New visitor to False Bay Observatory. Thanks for dropping by to take a look Hughie.

08/17/2025

Some new visitors to False Bay Observatory. Thanks for dropping by to take a look Stephanie and Miss Sophie.

08/16/2025

Had some visitors tonight at False Bay Observatory. Thanks for the company.

08/05/2025

New visitors to False Bay Observatory. Hello to Tracey Smith-Burke and Gerard Burke