Primary Name: NGC1499 Alternate names: California Nebula Object Type: Emission Nebula Constellation: Perseus Distance: 1000 Light years Coordinates: RA: 04h 03m 18.00s , Dec: +36° 25′ 18.0″ Links: WikiSky, Wikipedia, NED, Telescopious, AstroBin Capture Details: Dates:Nov. 7, 2020 Frames: 49×180″ Integration: 2.5 hours Avg. Moon age: 21.09 days Avg. Moon phase: 61.12% Equipment: Imaging telescopes or lenses: Nikon 300mm f4.5 AI Nikon 300mm f4.5Continue reading “[IMAGE] – NGC1499 (California Nebula)”
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[IMAGE] – M45 (The Pleiades)
Primary Name: M45 Alternate names: Messier 45,CR42, Mel22, The Pleiades, Seven Sisters, Subaru, Mutsuraboshi (Japan) Type: Reflection Nebula Constellation: Taurus Distance: 444 Light years Coordinates: RA: 03h 47m 24s, Dec: +24° 07′ 00″ Links: WikiSky, Wikipedia, NED, Telescopious, AstroBin Capture Details: Dates:Nov. 8, 2020 Frames: 22×180″ Integration: 1.1 hours Avg. Moon age: 22.09 days Avg. Moon phase: 50.67% Equipment: Imaging telescopes or lenses: Nikon 300mmContinue reading “[IMAGE] – M45 (The Pleiades)”
Pac-Man ! (AKA NGC-281)
Tonight, we may finally have a few hours of clear-skies and I am a bit sick of working with Andromeda (M31). We’ve been stuck under a layer of obnoxious smoke for the last few weeks from the huge fires in Oregon and California. Finally, we had some (torrential) rain that cleared the smoke… and broughtContinue reading “Pac-Man ! (AKA NGC-281)”
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