DSOs in Auriga and surrounding constellations
The forecasts were good for the week-end but I waited until Sunday evening to go out to take advantage of the time change which would allow me to observe different targets. I had it mind to image the DSOs in Auriga and surrounding constellations. I wanted to try 2x2 binning without a focal reducer. That would mean 1.5" per pixel scale instead of the 1" per pixel I get when using the focal reducer. Given the seeing quality it might be a better fit. Also each 2x2 pixel should gather more light, and small tracking error should be less noticeable.
I started with the L-Quad Enhance for open clusters and galaxies and switched to the L-Enhance for nebulas.
At the end, it was getting harder and harder to plate solve even when binning or stacking. The image quality seemed to deteriorate, showing more dead pixels, amp glow. Maybe there is a problem with the camera?
Observations
- M45 Pleiades - Taurus
- M33 Triangulum Galaxy
- M110 Galaxy - Andromeda
- M31 Great Andromeda Galaxy and M32 - took 3 stacks - combined them with Astro Pixel Processor (got a trial licence) - later I did the whole processing in Astro Pixel Processor (registration / integration and some image adjustments) - the result looks better (stitching less visible) but the whole operation took some time
- M34 Spiral Cluster - Perseus
- C23 Silver Sliver Galaxy - Andromeda
- M38 Starfish Cluster - Auriga
- M36 Pinwheel Cluster - Auriga
- NGC 1893 Letter Y Cluster And Nebula - Auriga
- NGC 1931 Fly Nebula - Auriga
- IC 417 Spider Nebula - Auriga
- M1 Crab Nebula - Taurus
- NGC 1579 Northern Triffid Nebula - Perseus
- Atik and IC 348 o Perseus Cloud
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| M45 Maia Nebula - 29x8s |
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| M33 Triangulum Galaxy - 48x5s |
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| M110 Galaxy - 29x5s |
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| M31 Great Andromeda Galaxy and M32 - 41x4s |
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M31 Great Andromeda Galaxy - 41x4s![]() M31 Great Andromeda Galaxy and M32 - 40x4s |
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| M31 Great Andromeda Galaxy and M32 - 41x4s - mosaic with Siril + APP M31 Great Andromeda Galaxy and M32 - 41x4s - mosaic with APP |
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| M34 Spiral Cluster - Perseus - 27x3s |
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| C23 Silver Sliver Galaxy - 64x4s |
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| M38 Starfish Cluster - 35x3s |
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| M36 Pinwheel Cluster - 34x3s |
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| M37 - 28x3s |
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| NGC 1893 Letter Y Cluster And Nebula - 46x5s |
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| NGC 1931 Fly Nebula - 44x6s |
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| IC 417 Spider Nebula - 37x6s |
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| M1 Crab Nebula - 48x5s |
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| NGC 1579 Northern Triffid Nebula - 39x5s |
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| Atik and IC 348 o Perseus Cloud - 29x5s |


















