IC 5070 Pterodactyl (or Pelican)

Aug 9th, 2026

1 h 57 m

Continuing experiments with the "bird."Still almost white nights.Continuing experiments with the ToupTek GS-350 AR guide scope as an astrograph.This time, hydrogen-alpha. Not very impressive so far...

Aug 3rd, 2026

1 h 3 m

Continuing my experiments with the "bird."Pseudo-HSO palette.The first not-quite White Night and a nearly full moon.During the forced downtime, I've somewhat improved my skills in both imaging and processing.Specifically here, the goal was to see how the guide scope ToupTek GS-350 AR (saved for another project) performs as an astrograph.The goal wasn't achieved — too little and poor data accumulated, as the guide scope was wobbling at zenith...We'll keep going as soon as the weather allows.

Jul 19th, 2026

2 h 18 m

First light with the telescope and camera. Couldn't wait for the white nights to end, so the final result is predictably mediocre, and the processing was done hastily on a laptop, but at least something is visible (narrowband rules!). Managed to cool the camera down to +5 degrees Celsius. So far, for deep-sky imaging, High Gain (2000) seems to work better.