We had a surprisingly nice and clear sky until midnight. 7 members attended this party, and I apologize in advance but I am terrible at remembering everyone’s names, but there were 2 members that I met for the first time who brought a 14” and a 16” dobsonian which was really cool!

My goal for the night was to give the OAG one last chance and I was finally able to use it properly. My target was the Eagle Nebula, and I was able to get 22 subs of 3 minutes each so I got some nice detail of the Pillars of Creation. It seems like I still have to work on the back focus distance which is making my stars slightly oval. I am including the final images here for you to see. I am not great at post processing and I use only the free software but I think it looks very nice!

I closed the park by midnight when we got hit by fast moving clouds. We had no inconveniences besides the clouds. [Update: Added Jose’s next day refinement of his image on the right. Click images for larger view.]

Jose Urias