Observations 9/28/2026

Richard P. Hill

Present: The entire STEM Club :)

9/28/2026

• Weather Conditions

  • Somewhat Cool temps (didn't record)

  • No precipitation

  • clear sky

  • dewy

• Equipment

  • Celestron AVX Mount

  • Celestron C11 SCT

  • ZWO 120mm Finder Scope

  • ZWO ASI120MINI

  • ZWO ASI715MC

  • Celestron f6.3 Reducer Corrector

  • SvBony UV / IR Cut Filter 1.25"

• Software

  • Celestron CPWI

  • ASCOM Device Hub

  • PHD2

  • Stellarium

  • Sharpcap

  • Auto Stakkert

The photos below were taken during the STEM Club astronomy night. I, and a couple roommates, set up the C11 SCT and C6-N scopes. Lots of people showed up, ate pizza, and looked through the scopes at the Moon and Saturn. Later in the night, I changed the scopes over the imaging. I collected roughly 100GB of data this night. I then stacked the images using AutoStakkert. I didn't spend a lot of time on post processing. I am mainly checking to see if I can image right now. The main thing of note is to use the corrector reducer when imaging. Yes, the reducer gives a wider field of view, but it also makes the scope faster to f/6.3 down from f/10. This mean I will have to crop in more on the final product, but means I can expose for less time and lower gain, thus better exposed images over all and lower noise.

Please email me at rickyhillzero@gmail.com if you are interested in these photos. There are many more than is usually shown per report.