Fall Astrophotography Sucks (Feat Carbonstar 150)

It has been an endlessly cloudy fall this year. After waiting months for the relentless grey skies to clear, I finally saw a temporary "hole" in the weather pattern and knew I had to jump on it immediately. Tonight, I’m revisiting a project that has been haunting me since last year: The Pleiades (M45), also known as the Seven Sisters. Last winter, I started shooting this target and was genuinely surprised by what I saw with only 2 hours of exposure time. Even with that short integration, I started to pick up faint, incredible background dust—the Reflection Nebulae and the faint wisps of the Interstellar Flux Nebula (IFN) that surround these massive blue stars. I have been eager to grab more data to really bring those dusty details to life, but the weather just hasn't cooperated... until now. Join me as I set up for a race against the clouds. Will this break in the weather hold long enough for me to stack the hours I need, or will the clouds roll back in and cut the session short? Purchase a 3D printed back cap for your Carbonstar 150 here: http://www.oriole-spinach-jjy6.squarespace.com If you would like me to print one for you and support the channel! Check out more of my Astro Story Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs-S8rViu4qy88dM8gv1nB8AXyjJkful_ Astrophotography Dealers: Highpoint Scientific https://bit.ly/3TxxaaT Agena Astro https://bit.ly/3GBGZyx Apertura Carbonstar 150 Newtonian Telescope https://bit.ly/3NJewdY Hotec SCA Laser Collimator (Highpoint Scientific) https://bit.ly/4e6nqN4 ZWO 294MM PRO https://bit.ly/3LcG1Lt https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/9colh6/ Follow me on instagram! @astronotna