Faint Galaxies, Monkey Head Nebula
Posted: 5 January 2019
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Open: Friday, 4 January 2019, 1818 MST Temperature: 60°F |
Session: 1322 Conditions: Clear, breezy |
Equipment Used:
12" f/8 LX600 w/StarLock
2" 24mm UWA eyepiece
Camera:
D850 DSLR
1824 MST: LX600 ON, StarLock OFF.
Mounted the D850 DSLR at prime focus of the 12" telescope, focused on the star Fomalhaut, and locked the primary mirror.
1843 MST: StarLock ON.
Seeing was better this night but still not great. The StarLock had some difficulties with autoguiding. Fortunately, I was able to get three galaxies imaged for my Extragalactic Supernova Project. All these images were StarLock autoguided, 5 minutes, ISO 6400, White Balance 5000K.
NGC908
NGC1232
NGC1300
I then added the focal reducer, focused on the star Betelgeuse, SYNCed the AutoStar on Betelgeuse, and locked the mirror.
This is NGC2174 (Monkey Head Nebula), StarLock autoguided, 5 minutes, ISO 6400, White Balance 4000K:
2018 MST: StarLock OFF, High Precision OFF.
2027 MST: LX600 OFF.
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Close: Friday, 4 January 2019, 2034 MST Temperature: 50°F |
Session Length: 2h 16m Conditions: Clear, breezy |
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