EAA with the DSO camera
Taking advantage of a cloudless night after a week of foggy or overcast evenings, I took the Dobsonian out for about two hours. I'm back on the ASI294MC camera (with FR). Plate solving was quick and easy and stacking gave okay results (but I had to stay under 3s). Transparency did not look great and the pictures for low targets were very average.
Observations:
- C57 Barnard's Galaxy - Sagittarius - a tough target to make out
- NGC 6818 Little Gem Nebula - Sagittarius - too small for details
- M27 Dumbbell Nebula - Sagitta - nice but the image with the ASI678MC was better
- M110, M31 and M32 Galaxies - Andromeda
- C30 Galaxy and Deer Lick Group - Pegasus
- Stephan Quintet (NGC 7320) - Pegasus
- C9 Cave Nebula - Cepheus
- C11 Bubble Nebula - Cassiopeia - a bit smudgy
- M52 Salt and Pepper Open Cluster - Cassiopeia
- M33 Triangulum Galaxy - very low to the east so average picture
- NGC 6939 Ghost Bush Open Cluster - Cepheus
- C12 Fireworks Galaxy - Cepheus
- C44 Superman Galaxy - Pegasus
- C23 Silver Sliver Galaxy - very low and maybe partially behind tree branches so very faint
- Neptune and Triton
- M74 Phantom Galaxy - Pisces - very low to the east so average picture
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| C57 Barnard's Galaxy 70x3s |
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| NGC 6818 Little Gem Nebula 30x1s |
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| M27 Dumbbell Nebula 30x2s |
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| M110 Galaxy 30x2s |
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| M31 Andromeda Galaxy and M32 31x2s |
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| C30 and Deer Lick Group 120x2.5s |
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| Stephan Quintet 120x2.5s |
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| C9 Cave Nebula 50x3s |
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| C11 Bubble Nebula 30x3s |
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| M52 Salt and Pepper Cluster 30x1s |
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| M33 Triangulum Galaxy 60x2.5s |
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| NGC 6939 Ghost Bush Cluster 30x1s |
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| C12 Fireworks Galaxy 64x2.5s |
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| C44 Superman Galaxy 64x2.5s |
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| C23 Silver Sliver Galaxy 52x2.5s |
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| Neptune and Triton 24x2.5s |
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| M74 Phantom Galaxy 40x2.5s |
