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Date: September 2, 2025 at 09:13:33 MDT Weather: 66°F Clear Location: Louisville, Colorado, United States Last night I gathered my third night’s worth of data for the Iris Nebula.

We finally got decent weather for astrophotography last night.

Last night was the third night (not consecutive) that I gathered light from the Pacman and Soul Nebulae.

We’ve had some clear skies lately, and I’ve decided to try MegaStack along with the other tools.

I’ve failed a few times to get the Soul Nebula from Monsters' Clubhouse, because it always seems to be behind the neighbors' house.

I made another try at the Heart Nebula, and added the Pacman Nebula onto the beginning.

Last night I tried to take a mosaic of the Heart Nebula and the Soul Nebula.

Took photos of Albireo and the Wizard Nebula last night.

last night I set up imaging for the Pleiades from 01:54 to 04:24

On the Flagstaff trip mentioned previously see (Some short term goals and Good to Stargaze), the skies were very clear and dark.

A message from Slack outlining August astronomy imaging targets

Lots of trees here at our campsite, but if I can shoot through the gaps, this will be the best observing I’ve seen since Back Mesa in Oklahoma!

Last night was a rare semi-clear night, so I tried for the Lobster Claw nebula.

I had wanted to image the Pelican Nebula from “monsters’ clubhouse”, but I couldn’t get polar aligned when I was ready for bed (too many clouds initially).

On a rare clear night, I took another series on the Garnet Star, this time with the duo filter.

After failing to get the Dumbbell Nebula, M 27, a few nights ago, I decided to put the telescope on top of the van and try again.

I got a decent picture of the Garnet Star in Cepheus last night.

Last night I got C 19, the Crescent Nebula. 224 stacked images, out of a possible ~300.

I decided to try C 19, the Cocoon Nebula, again.

The night of July 4th, I decided to image the Fireworks Galaxy.

I installed the new software yesterday, and scheduled a mosaic of the veil nebula again.

I think I’m going to try a mosaic of the Veil Nebula, yet again.

This time I made HD 198626 the subject of the photo.