I woke up at 3:30am, and instead of doom scrolling, I decided to head to my usual stargazing spot. I knew I had limited time before the skies would turn from black to blue, so I had to think fast about what I wanted to observe.
Triangulum Galaxy
To maximize the remaining dark skies, I pointed my Seestar S30 toward the Triangulum Galaxy. It was positioned nicely overhead with a bright magnitude of 5.7, making it an easy target. Check out what I captured in just 8 minutes of exposure! I’m really excited to target this galaxy and Andromeda starting in September.
Timelapse: Moonset to Sunrise, Jupiter Ascending
While my scope was doing its thing, I looked to see where the moon and sun would exchange positions and set up a time-lapse. Unfortunately, I got sleepy after 5am and wasn’t able to wait for the sun to rise above the buildings.
I did, however, catch the Moon, Venus, and Jupiter! I could also see Saturn and Neptune, but I was running out of energy by then.
The Sun at 5PM
Fast forward to the end of the day—I had already made the mistake of pointing my scope at the sun too close to sunset a couple of days ago, so this time I gave myself an hour before sunset. But it was scorching hot outside, so I only managed a few minutes of raw video.
Here’s the sun, lovely and strong, with its sunspots visible.
I think it’s a better activity to do if I accidentally wake up early again than watching contents or reading news or worse, reading work stuff.
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That’s it for now! Stay tuned for more stargazing stories.
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