Power has been out since around 8:08 PM local time. Looks like a major outage – almost 50% of Hidalgo County and 100% of Cochise County in Arizona. Map Viewer (col-coop.com) Dan ---- Dan Crowson dcrow

Kronberger 26 (Lan 384, PN G084.7-08 and others) is a quadrupolar planetary nebula located in Cygnus. Quadrupolar means that the planetary has two sets of bipolar lobes. More information can be found

Hi, This is an image of IC 1284, also known as the Hermit Crab Nebula. It is a nebula complex about 5,500 light years away in the constellation Sagittarius. The two blue reflection nebulae NGC 6589 an

Expect your UPS systems to run down - all the power is out in the area again. Will go by tomorrow and get those in 7 & 8 up and running again. Dennis

I just bought an Astro Physics AP900 Mount - and need a tripod or Portable Pier for it. The AP portable pier is the 8" Diameter for the AP900 - I understand the HD Folding Losmandy Tripod also works.

Hi, I downloaded the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) data for the Cosmic Cliffs (NGC 3324) image and took a crack at processing the data myself. Working with six filters is a bit of a challenge. I a

The next ASEM Digital SIG meeting is this Tuesday – July 19th. Please find the Zoom information below. Feel free to share with others (but do not post on a public website). Our meetings are always fre

C/2017 K2 PanSTARRS 2022-07-17 - Animas NM 04:49:31 - 05:02:06 UTC Astro-Tech AT12RCT - SBIG STF-8300M Luminance: 12x60s binned 2x2 https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/52220374392/sizes/l/ Dan ----

Berkeley 99 is a trumpler (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpler_classification) class IV 3 p open cluster approximately 16,000 light-years away in Cepheus. Luminance – 24x300s – binned 1x1 – 120 min

Hi, This is an image of NGC 1531 (smaller galaxy) and NGC 1532 (larger galaxy). NGC 1532 is also known as Haley’s Coronet, though I am not sure why since it was discovered by James Dunlop. These galax

NGC 2506 (Caldwell 54, Melotte 80, Collinder 170 and others) 15 is a trumpler (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpler_classification) class I 2 r open cluster approximately 11,285 light-years away in

Sh2-290 (Abell 31, PK 219+31 1, PN G219.1+31.2 and others) is a large planetary nebula located approximately 1770 light-years away in Cancer. Ha – 37x1800s – 1110 minutes – binned 1x1 RGB – 8x300s – 4

Arp 11 (UGC 717, PGC 4116 and others) is part of Arp’s ‘Spiral Galaxies – Split Arm’ class. This one is located approximately 439 million light-years away in Pisces. UGC 719 (PGC 4124, VV 348a and oth

Hi, I decided to do a little project on NGC 6744. I have data from Telescope Live and Martin Pugh data services on this object. The data was taken with two different telescopes (CDK-24 and CDK-17) and

M79 (NGC 1904) is a Shapley-Sawyer class V (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapley%E2%80%93Sawyer_Concentration_Class) globular cluster located approximately 41,000 light-years away in Lepus. Luminance

NGC 3201 (Caldwell 79) is a Shapley-Sawyer class X (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapley%E2%80%93Sawyer_Concentration_Class) globular cluster located approximately 16,308 light-years away in Vela. Lum

Hi All, I want to ask a question to all of you that use a Digital Loggers Web Power Switch used to remotely turn on the power to your gear. It takes me approx 15-20 minutes to get 3-4 outlets turned o

M102 (NGC 5866, UGC 9723, PGC 53933 and others) is a known as the Spindle Galaxy. A lenticular galaxy, this one is located approximately 47 million light-years away in Draco. Luminance – 24x600s – 240

Hi, This is an image of SH2-101, also known as the Tulip Nebula, in SHO narrowband. It is an emission nebula about 6,000 light years away in the constellation Cygnus. The nebula is about 70 light yeas

Berkeley 8 is a trumpler (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpler_classification) class II 3 p open cluster approximately 10,274 light-years away in Cassiopeia. Luminance – 24x300s – binned 1x1 – 120 m