New Moon EAA
We had a warm day with clear skies so I decided to go out to do some EAA. My plan was to image targets in Cassiopeia, then some galaxies in Andromeda and Triangulum and maybe finish with the Helix Nebula and Saturn.
I setup near the house to have an non-obstructed view of Cassiopeia. But as a result, when I turned to Helix Nebula, it was already too far to the West and no longer visible.
It was a somewhat frustrating session: maybe my alignment was not great. The targets were all difficult to image either because of their intrinsic difficulty or being too low in the sky. I did not stay on the same target very long which probably also limited the quality of the stacks. Also, I think also the sky transparency was rather poor.
I used the L-Enhance filter for nebulas and no filter for Galaxies. Some open clusters were imaged with filter and some without.
Observations:
- Polaris and Polaris B - Ursa Minor
- C1 Polarissima Cluster - Cepheus
- C9 Cave Nebula - Cepheus
- NGC 225 Sailboat Cluster - Cassiopeia
- C11 Bubble Nebula - Cassiopeia
- Mirach and NGC 404 Ghost of Mirach Galaxy - Andromeda
- M31 Great Andromeda Galaxy and M32
- M110 Galaxy - Andromeda
- M33 Triangulum Galaxy
- NGC 772 Fiddlehead Galaxy - Aries
- C14 Double Cluster - Perseus
- M103 Cluster - Cassiopeia
- C10 letter S Cluster - Cassiopeia
- Sh2-188 Shrimp Nebula - Cassiopeia
- IC 1795 Fishhead Nebula - Cassiopeia
- IC 1848 Soul Nebula - Cassiopeia
- M76 Little Dumbbell - Perseus
- Sh2-170 Little Rosetta Nebula - Cassiopeia
- IC 1805 Heart Nebula - Cassiopeia
- M45 Pleiades - Taurus
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| Polaris A and B - 42x0.5s |
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| C! Polarissima Cluster - 29x5s |
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| C9 Cave Nebula - 17x8s |
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| NGC 225 Sailboat Cluster - 31x4s |
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| C11 Bubble Nebula - 15x8s |
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| Mirach and NGC 404 Ghost of Mirach - 24x4s |
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| M31 Great Andromeda Galaxy and M32 - 28x4s |
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| M110 46x4s |
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| M33 Triangulum Galaxy - 33x6s |
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| NGC 772 Fiddlehead Galaxy - 19x6s |
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| C14 Double Cluster - 35x3s |
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| M103 - 19x3s |
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| C10 Letter S Cluster - 23x3s |
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| SH2-188 Shrimp Nebula - 29x8s |
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| IC 1795 Fishhead Nebula - 26x8s |
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| IC 1848 Soul Nebula - 19x8s |
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| M76 Little Dumbbell Nebula - 21x5s |
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| SH2-170 Little Rosetta Nebula - 19x8s |
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| IC 1805 Heart Nebula - 18x8s |
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| M45 Pleiades - 21x5s |