Over The Hill Hikers - CA

08/19/2025

In case you didn't know.... understanding Interstate highway numbers!

08/19/2025

Here is the final image from my Seestar S30 last night. The Elephants Trunk Nebula (IC 1396). Just over 4 hours of integration (exposure) with my Seestar S30, Equatorial Mode, Stacked and Denoised in the Seestar app, edited in Lightroom mobile.

The nebula is a dense, elongated cloud of gas and dust located in the constellation Cepheus, roughly 2,400 light-years from Earth. It's part of a larger star-forming region called IC 1396, featuring a young star cluster embedded in a cloud of glowing gas. The nebula's name comes from its resemblance to an elephant's head and trunk (top left in the photo), appearing as a dark patch with a bright, winding rim.

08/18/2025

In Progress.. the Elephants Trunk Nebula (IC 1396). My image was photo bombed by a satellite ... the white line will disappear with about another 30 minutes of imaging.

The nebula is a dense, elongated cloud of gas and dust located in the constellation Cepheus, roughly 2,400 light-years from Earth. It's part of a larger star-forming region called IC 1396, featuring a young star cluster embedded in a cloud of glowing gas. The nebula's name comes from its resemblance to an elephant's head and trunk (top left in the photo), appearing as a dark patch with a bright, winding rim.

08/13/2025

Our 2022 Rockwood Mini Lite 2509s recently had a power stabilizer issue. The Lippert PSx2 front Stabilizers would go down but not back up. Here is my video on how to diagnose and repair the issue.

08/13/2025

Our 2022 Rockwood Mini Lite 2509s recently had a power stabilizer issue. The Lippert PSx2 front Stabilizers would go down but not back up. Here is my video on how to diagnose and repair the issue.

if your Lippert PSx2 Power Stabilizer Jacks will crank down but not crank back up, or won't crank down but did crank up, I will show you the diagnostic steps...

08/10/2025

A few takes from tonights Sturgeon Moon from my Samsung S24 Ultra

07/31/2025

The Andromeda Galaxy, also called Messier (M31) is the nearest major galaxy to our Milky Way. It is 2.5 million light years away from Earth and is the other major member of our local collection of galaxies.

Like our Milky Way, it is a barred spiral galaxy, so-called for the bar-like structure formed by the stars in its center.

It is 260,000 light years across, and estimated to be 5 to 10 Billion years old.

The Andromeda Galaxy and our Milky Way Galaxy are slowly drifting towards each other, leading scientists to believe that they will likely collide in about 4.5 billion years, forming a huge elliptical galaxy.

Andromeda has 14 dwarf companion galaxies in its orbit. The two brightest can be seen in this image... M32, a rare compact elliptical galaxy.. and M110, a dwarf elliptical Galaxy.

Seestar S30, Equatorial Mode, Mosaic 80 x 30 second images stacked in Seestar and edited in Lightroom.

07/30/2025

The Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) is next door to the North America Nebula in the constellation of Cygnus. This gaseous emission nebula bears a resemblance to a pelican, hence its name. The Pelican Nebula is located near the first magnitude star "Deneb" and is separated from its more prominent neighbor, the North America Nebula, by a foreground molecular cloud filled with dark dust. Seestar S50, 30 second exposures in EQ Mode, Mosaic. Stacked and denoised in Seestar, post processed in Lightroom.

07/30/2025

The Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) is next door to the North America Nebula in the constellation of Cygnus. This gaseous emission nebula bears a resemblance to a pelican, hence its name. The Pelican Nebula is located near the first magnitude star "Deneb" and is separated from its more prominent neighbor, the North America Nebula, by a foreground molecular cloud filled with dark dust. Seestar S50, 30 second exposures in EQ Mode, Mosaic. Stacked and denoised in Seestar, post processed in Lightroom.