Around Aurigae & Cass

 

 A couple of shots of clusters & nebulae together. NGC 1893 with IC410 in Auriga, and M52 beside the Bubble Nebula in Cassiopeia. Only 4x10 min subs for the Bubble and 8 for the IC410

Playing catch-up with Pete

Pete R were talking the other night about how the same part of the sky suited our observatories. Here's another example from last night. Compare with https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx6f0xXZXAx_HVRUQto7WM68JciB-eFff0aQRzq5ilfdAvyuXTakkS75z4XURjhDp9ml-DjVxiMN-f3K4ZZwRH0c9SGXj_eQCA8t4iBcjFQINm8JNHYbJDKzMPEg3B_vCm2CkQifWkotA/s1600/sh2-274.jpg
Mine is 8" f4 newtonian on EQ6. 7x10 min. Cropped.

A couple of shots from February

Jelly Monkey and a cluster

Here's a shot with the 200mm lens at f4. It shows cluster M35 with neigbour NGC2158 along with fainter nebulae IC443 The Jellyfish nebula and NGC 2174 the Monkey Head Nebula.. 22x5mins at 800iso.

Coming shortly

Pete R posted that asteroid Eunomia is about to cross the California Nebula.. Sounds like a good photo op. Here is another interesting event for the 2nd of December (and a day or two before and after).

Its comet P/2006 T1 Levy passing in front of NGC 7331 - Near Stephan's Quintet in Pegasus. The predicted mag for the comet is 9.5 (We'll see) Let's hope for a couple of clear nights

M81 M82 & neigbours

This image is from the IKI 70mm f6 scope. 20x6min @800iso. It shows M81 and its neighbour M82 - starburst galaxy. Also seen near the top is ngc3077 and at bottom left ngc2976 (a very odd spiral? galaxy.)

White light solar

With my 8" newt ,Baader 3,5 filter & MKAS DMK21 camera