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First Quarter Moon – 8:30pm 2/8/2022 EST

February 9, 2022 by
First Quarter Moon – 8:30pm 2/8/2022 EST

Telescope: 8” Meade Wide Field LX200GPS @ f/6.3 (Native), Altaz mode

Camera: ZWO ASI 294MC

Filter: Orion Imaging Skyglow Filter

Exposure: 128×0.003sec, Gain 200, saved as TIFF

Seeing: Poor, 2/5

White Balance: Nebulosity Automatic

Software: SharpCap Pro, Registax, Nebulosity, Photoshop

This is a quick stack of images that I grabbed of the moon while setting up my gear for an evening of remote observing. This was taken with the original, uncooled version of the ASI 294MC which is a wonderfully simple, lightweight, and effective camera for this type of work.

 

Filed Under: Solar System Imaging

NGC 1535 – Planetary Nebula in Eridanus

February 9, 2022 by
NGC 1535 – Planetary Nebula in Eridanus

Telescope: Astro-Tech 8” f/8 Ritchey-Chretien, Orion Atlas EQ-G

Camera: Canon EOS Ra, Baader Mk III MPCC

Filter: Orion Imaging Skyglow Filter

Guide scope: Astro-Tech 60mm, Starlight Xpress Super Star, PHD2

Exposure: 62x60sec, ISO 800, saved as RAW

Darks: Internal (Long Exposure Noise Reduction On)

Flats: 32×1/125sec, Tee shirt flats taken at dusk

Average Light Pollution: Red zone, Bortle 8, poor transparency

Lensed Sky Quality Meter: 18.4

Stacking: Mean with a 1-sigma clip.

White Balance: Nebulosity Automatic

Software: Backyard EOS, Deep Sky Stacker, Nebulosity, Photoshop

NGC 1535 is a beautiful bright planetary nebula in Eridanus. It clearly shows a shelled structure very similar to the Eskimo Nebula (NGC 2392). These little planetary nebula make fine visual targets and are among the few deepsky objects that show a beautiful blue color.

NGC 1535 is currently well placed in the south during the early evening.

Filed Under: Deepsky Imaging