Scott Mundy

Thousand Oaks CA 6:17 PST

On my morning this walk I came across this Horned Owl wrapping up Dawn Patrol! #SoCal #Wildlife

Also been getting 2.5 hours per night on #IC5146 aka the "Cocoon" nebula with the #LX200 setup. This is 27.5 hours combined and I don't think I have combined this much data on a single target yet! The surrounding dust lanes are really starting to show!

Started playing around with the mosaic function of the ASIAir with the #LX200 setup. It is really opening up the targets I could never get completely in the FOV. Four panels of #M31 and two panels of #M45 are coming along quite nicely!

Been collecting photons on the "Cygnus Wall" in NGC7000 aka the "North America" Nebula. With the #LX200 it really gets a lot of the detail close up as well as the surrounding dark nebulae. This is almost 6 hours using the multi broadband filter. #SoCal #Astrophotography

New plumbing! Starizona FR/FF, 35.3 and 16.5 mm spacers, SVBony Filter drawer, ASI2600MCPro for exactly the spec 90.3 mm of back focus!!

M27 "Dumbbell" Nebula in Vulpeca. 100x3 min. Meade LX200 8" Classic, Starizona 6.3 FR/FF, ASI2600MCPro, SVBony Multi Broadband filter, ZWO AM5N, ASIAir Plus. Stacked and stretched in Siril

I finally retired my #Meade f/6.3 focal reducer for a new #Starizona 6.3 model on the #LX200 setup. I am super pleased with the results and now going back to some of my favorite targets in a whole new "light"! Here is 5 hours of #M27 and very little cropping had to be done! #SoCal #Astrophotography

M27 Dumbell Nebula in Vulpeca. 53 x 3 min exposures. Meade 8" LX200 Classic with f/6.3 FR/FF, ZWO ASI2600MCPro, SVBony Multi Broadband Filter, ZWO AM5N, ASIAIr Plus, Stacked and stretched in Siril.

Revisiting the #M27 stack for reprocessing with #Starnet Starting to get the hang of the new #Siril version and very pleased so far with the results! This is almost 3 hours of data combined. #SoCal #Astrophotography

NGC 6888 Crescent Nebula in Cygnus. 218 x 3 min stacked. Meade 8" LX200 Classic w f/6.3 FR/FF. ZWO ASI2600MCPro, AM5N, ASIAir Plus, stacked and stretched in Siril.

Dialed in the #LX200 back-focus last night and was able to add some #NGC6888 data before the fog rolled in. I dug into the processing and was able to mellow out the stars and pull out some of the surrounding #OIII wispy goodness! This is almost 11 hours combined! #SoCal #Astrophotography

I saw this #Monarch caterpillar get into the "J" position underneath the overhang on our back wall. A few hours later I saw it morph into the chrysalis! And now we wait...

NGC 6888 Crescent Nebula in Cygnus. 185 x 3 minute. Meade 8" LX200 Classic w/ f6.3 FR/FF, ZWO AM5N, ASI2600MCPro, ASIAir Plus. Stacked and stretched in Siril.

M27 Dumbell Nebula in Vulpeca. 53 x 3 minute. Meade 8" LX200 Classic w/ f6.3 FR/FF, ZWO AM5N, ASI2600MCPro, ASIAir Plus. Stacked and stretched in Siril.

IC5146 Cocoon Nebula near Cygnus. 42 x 3 minute. Meade 8" LX200 Classic w/ f6.3 FR/FF, ZWO AM5N, ASI2600MCPro, ASIAir Plus. Stacked and stretched in Siril.

Updates on my #LX200 targets. Getting some nice detail overall. The collimation is a little off and I am hoping to have the spacers today to dial in the coma. Hoping to pull more of the OIII data out of the Crescent Nebula with over 9 hours so far! #SoCal #Astrophotography

M27 Dumbell Nebula. 14x3 minutes. Meade 8" LX200 Classic w/ f/6.3 Focal reducer. ZWO ASI2600MCPro, SVBony 260 Multi Broadband Filter, ZWO AM5N, ASIAir Plus. Stacked and stretched in Siril

NGC6888 Crescent Nebula. 48 x 3 minutes. Meade 8" LX200 Classic w/ f/6.3 Focal reducer. ZWO ASI2600MCPro, SVBony 260 Multi Broadband Filter, ZWO AM5N, ASIAir Plus. Stacked and stretched in Siril

Working on the back focus/focal length for the #LX200 since the moon is obnoxious in the Sagittarius region. Getting closer but still some coma in the corners. Probably need to check collimation. Still decent results on #M27 "Dumbell" Nebula and #NGC6888 "Crescent" Nebula. #SoCal #Astrophotography

I found this chrysalis not too far from the tropical plant. When we got back from our trip yesterday I saw this! They grow up so fast!

M8 Lagoon Nebula. 19x3 min. RedCat51III, ZWO ASI585MCPro, ZWO ASIAir Plus, Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer GTi, SVBony Duo Narrowband filter. Stretched and stacked in Siril.

M20 Triffid Nebula. 19x3 min. RedCat51III, ZWO ASI585MCPro, ZWO ASIAir Plus, Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer GTi, SVBony Duo Narrowband filter. Stretched and stacked in Siril.

Switched back to the #ASI585MCPro last night. Worked on guiding settings and made some progress. Got a few hours in before the fog spoiled the party. Here are the #M8 and #M20 stacks with the Duo Narrowband Filter. Just under an hour each. Will hopefully get more tonight! #SoCal #Astrophotography

M16, M17 region of Sagittarius. 172 x 3 min. RedCat51III, ZWO ASI2600MCPro, Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer GTi, SVBony UV/IR, Duo Narrowband, Multi Broadband filters, stacked and stretched in Siril.

Lastly, here is the #M16 area in Sagittarius. You can kind of make out the "Pillars of Creation". I will probably switch back to the #ASI585MCPro to get more detail soon! This is almost 9 hours of data combined. #SoCal #Astrophotography

NGC7000 North American Nebula area in Cygnus. 270 x 3 min. RedCat 51III, ZWO ASI@600MCPro, Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer GTi, SVBony UV/IR, Duo Narrowband and Multi Broadband filters. Stacked and stretched in Siril.

Here is the #NorthAmerican nebula region in Cygnus. Love the gaps in the nebulae as well as the #Pelican details! This is over 13 hours combine! #SoCal #Astrophotography

M4, Antares, Rho Ophiuchi complex. 294 x 3 min combined. RedCat51III, Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer GTi, ZWO ASI2600MCPro, SVBony UV/IR. Duo Narrowband, Multi Broadband filters. Stacked and stretched in Siril.

Here is almost 15 hours of the #RhoOphiuchi cloud complex. Need to dig into the processing a little more to bring the colors out but a lot of the dark dusty goodness is all in there! #SoCal #Astrophotography

M8 Lagoon Nebula, M20 Triffid Nebula area in Sagittarius. 172 x 3 min combined. RedCat51III, Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer GTi, ZWO ASI2600MCPro, SVBony UV/IR. Duo Narrowband, Multi Broadband filters. Stacked and stretched in Siril.

Finally getting around to combining all of my data into these master stacks! First up is the #M8 region! Love the star clouds and gaps! #SoCal #Astrophotography

Just a few of the little rascals! Not so many on the narrow leaf plants but they are going nuts on the tropical plants!

Update on the #RhoOphiucus data. I was mostly using the multi band filter (SV260) and it is really bringing out the dusty goodness but losing some of the reds. Will try to add more duo band data in the next few nights! This is almost 10 hours of data stacked together! #SoCal #Astrophotography

Happy #SummerSolstice! Here in our mid latitude #SoCal location, we will see 14:26 hours of sunlight today! Then the nights get longer from here until December.

Veil Nebula complex in Cygnus. 71x3 min subs stacked with Siril. RedCat 51III, ASI2600MCPro, ASIAir Plus, Skywatcher Star Adventurer GTi, SVBony Duo Band (1 night), UV/IR (1 night), Multi Band (2 nights) filters.

Here is the deeper dive into processing the #VeilNebula Complex in Cygnus. Was able to pull out a lot of wispy details of the nebulosity and mellow out the stars. This is a little over 3.5 hours (over 4 nights) of total data combined. Loving the multi band filter! #SoCal #Astrophotography

Here is the updated #Cygnus area targets. I might take another pass on the #Veil complex with StarNet to mellow out the background and bring out the nebulae. #NorthAmerica nebula and #Pelican are showing a lot of detail! #SoCal #Astrophotography

Getting some quality photons and stacking them all together! Here is the updated combination of the last four nights in the #MilkyWay area. The color and dust are really starting to pop on the Rho area and the star gaps in the #M8 and #M16 regions are really cool! #SoCal #Astrophotgraphy

Veil Nebula Complex 37x3 min exposures. RedCat51III, ASI2600MCPro, SkyWatcher Star Adventurer GTi, ASIAir Plus, Stacked and stretched in SIRIL.

North American Nebula Complex in Cygnus. 78 x3 min exposures. RedCat51III, ASI2600MCPro, SkyWatcher Star Adventurer GTi, ASIAir Plus, Stacked and stretched in SIRIL.

Here is the Cygnus area stacks! Really starting to see the "Pelican" quite nicely near #NGC7000. Hoping to add even MORE data tonight! #SoCal #Astrophotography

Rho Ophiucus Complex 48x3 min exposures. RedCat51III, ASI2600MCPro, SkyWatcher Star Adventurer GTi, ASIAir Plus, Stacked and stretched in SIRIL.

M8 Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius. 29 x3 min exposures. RedCat51III, ASI2600MCPro, SkyWatcher Star Adventurer GTi, ASIAir Plus, Stacked and stretched in SIRIL.

M16, M17 region in Sagittarius. 37x3 min exposures. RedCat51III, ASI2600MCPro, SkyWatcher Star Adventurer GTi, ASIAir Plus, Stacked and stretched in SIRIL.

Another clear night so adding to my data! Switched to the UV/IR filter to get more color out of the Rho area. Here are the Sagittarius region stacks! #SoCal #Astrophotography

NGC7000 region in Cygnus. 38x3 min exposures from ASI2600MCPro, RedCat51III, SVBony 220 Duo Band Filter. Stacked in Siril

Veil Nebula complex in Cygnus. 20x3 min exposures from ASI2600MCPro, RedCat51III, SVBony 220 Duo Band Filter. Stacked in Siril

IC5146 Cocoon Nebula near Cygnus. 5x3 min exposures from ASI2600MCPro, RedCat51III, SVBony 220 Duo Band Filter. Stacked in Siril

Next up is the #Cygnus area in the arms of the Milky Way. Started off with the #NGC7000 "North America" Nebula with the "Pelican" above. With this FOV, I can get the entire #NGC6960 "Veil" Nebula complex in one frame! Lastly #IC5146 the "Cocoon" Nebula before sunrise. #SoCal #Astrophotography

Rho Ophiucus region including M4. 20x3 min exposures from ASI2600MCPro, RedCat51III, SVBony 220 Duo Band Filter. Stacked in Siril

M8 Lagoon Nebula region in Sagittarius. Including M20 and "Cat's Paw" Nebula. 12x3 min exposures from ASI2600MCPro, RedCat51III, SVBony 220 Duo Band Filter. Stacked in Siril

M16 Eagle Nebula region of Sagittarius. Including M17 Swan Nebula and some dust goodness above! 17x3 min exposures from ASI2600MCPro, RedCat51III, SVBony 220 Duo Band Filter. Stacked in Siril

Here are the stacks from last night! First up the Rho and Sagittarius regions. I didn't do too much with processing and the duo band filter really gets a ton of the dusty red goodness! Looking forward to adding more on these tonight! #SoCal #Astrophotography

Sorry you are not feeling well and glad to brighten your day! Hang in there!

The only thing better than a clear night for photon harvesting is a clear night and an after sunset rocket launch! Was a great way to start the night while waiting for it to get dark! Changed the camera on the #RedCat51 to get a wider field. Will post results shortly! #SoCal #Astrophotography

As promised, narrow leaf milkweed is blooming! Saw a monarch around the other day and did see a few eggs so hoping to get some caterpillars soon! Hope you are well!