A moonless mid-month period with clear skies allowed me to get this batch of images over the course of a few nights. All were taken with the Seestar S50 in equatorial mode from the city (a Bortle 8/9 zone.)
“Lynx is home to the fascinating globular cluster NGC 2419. Although visually faint and small what makes NGC 2419 special is its distance; at 275,000 light-years it’s one of the furthest known Milky Way globulars. In fact, twentieth century American astronomer Harlow Shapley nicknamed it ‘The Intergalactic Tramp’ believing it to have possibly broken away from the Milky Way and headed off into deep inter galactic space. However, recent observations indicate Shapley hypothesis was incorrect and NGC 2419 is still gravitationally bound to the Milky Way just moving in a highly eccentric orbit.” – FreeStarCharts.com
This was 3 hrs in one continuous run using 20 sec sub-images using the Seestar S50. Taken on Jan 1, 2026 in the early morning hours in Bortle 8/9 conditions.
“The last moon image of 2025.”
I stacked 4 images of the Moon taken with the Seestar S50 in alt-az mode while it was still daylight and adjusted the stacked image to minimize the blue sky and make it look darker than it actually was.
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.
A single-shot moon image with just a little sharpening and saturation boost.
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.
