DSOs galore

Had a good session with an early start.

After the success stacking C15 without focal reducer a few days ago, my plan was to photograph various planetary nebulas without the focal reducer. Without the focal reducer, everything gets harder: locating the DSO, tracking the DSO, getting ASILive to stack (if there are few stars around). Got rather poor result, so went back to using the FR and also observed other DSOs.

Observations:

M71 (Globular Cluster) - Sagitta - without FR - not a good picture
M27 (Dumbbell Nebula) - Vulpecula - without FR
M57 (Ring Nebula) - Lyra - without then with FR - could barely stack without FR
C55 (Saturn Nebula) - Aquarius - without then with FR - could not stack without FR
C30 (Galaxy) and the Deer Lick Group - Pegasus
Stefan's Quintet (Compact Galaxy Group) - Pegasus
C63 (Helix Nebula) - Aquarius
M52 (Open Cluster) - Cassiopeia
C11 (Bubble Nebula) - Cassiopeia
C9 (Cave Nebula) - Cepheus
NGC 281 (Pacman Nebula) - Cassiopeia