Over 4 hrs of integration stretched out over 2 days for this one. Still needs more time, but I did what I could with what I had and it is not too bad.
The Ghost of Cassiopeia – 4.2 hrs exposure over Dec 30 & Dec 31, 2025.
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The Moon of December 30th, 2025
A single-shot moon image with just a little sharpening and saturation boost.
Double Cluster on Christmas Eve 2025
It was a little hazy with below average transparency Christmas Eve night 2025, so before it got too bad, I decided to try and take a mosaic of the Double Cluster, instead of a nebula or galaxy as a target. Taken with my Seestar S50 for 48 minutes using 30 sec sub-images.
Seestar S50 Image of The Crab Nebula
The Crab Nebula supernova remnant in Taurus. The Chinese, Mayans and others saw It when it blew up in the year 1054. It contains a pulsar (neutron star) at its center.
This was taken with a Seestar S50 Smart Telescope using 30 sec sub-images. It has about an hour of total integration time that finished up just after midnight last night (12:24 A.M., Dec 24, 2025.)
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M78 Reflection Nebula in Orion – Dec 23, 2025
It was not the best night in terms of transparency, so I put a lot of time imaging this object thinking I could get past that with enough sub-images. Unfortunately, 2.5 hrs was still not enough under those conditions.
I couldn’t boost this image the way I wanted since it was still pretty noisy. Plus, my flat, which I have since replaced, was faulty with a green blotch on the mid-right side. I think I’ll re-image this one now that I can better calibrate it with a new flat.
M51 Whirlpool Galaxy – Dec 2024 to Dec 2025 Combined data
I took some subs in the second week of Dec 2025 and it was sparse data. So, I copied back to the Seestar all data I had on it since Dec of 2024 and restacked and combined it all together. I came out with 12270 seconds or 3.4 hrs worth:
Orion Nebula Seestar S50 Combined Data
A rainy day project to combine all the data taken with the Seestar S50 that was not parts of any mosaic mode sessions. It seems you can only restack non-mosaic mode sub-images, so I did that and came up with this image below.
Comet 3I/ATLAS – Dec 20th, 2025
Well, here it is, the interstellar comet everyone was so worked up about. I didn’t see it as anything too special. It was small, dim and what I term, “a runt comet.” lol
Anyway, it was conveniently placed in the sky, so I took a look the day after it’s, “closest approach to Earth,” (nearly 180 million miles away.) Yes, it’s not too impressive at this scale. The guys with 10 inch or larger scopes had better luck with this little runt of a comet.
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) Collection
Here’s a collection of images taken of Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6) in October 2025 through November 2025 . Most were taken with a new ZWO ASI2600MC Air Smart Camera, which I purchased right before Comet Lemmon was at its best. I hooked it to my Astro-Tech AT60EDP at F/5 . Two were taken with my Seestar S50 (third from the bottom and the bottom image.) One was with a Canon T3 and a 180mm F/4.5 Askar Astrograph lens (second from the bottom.)
This was perhaps the best comet since the 2024 apparition of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) in October of 2024.
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) Collection – Sep 2024 – Nov 2024
Some of the best images I took of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) during its apparition in Sep 2024 through Nov 2024. Cameras used included my Canon T3, a QHY294C and a Seestar S50 and various lenses and my Astro-Tech AT60EDP F/5 telescope.
