Finally, the full-frame Andromeda photo I set out to capture this year.
Category: Deep Sky Object
The Dragonfly Cluster (NGC 457) is a bright open star cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia at a distance of roughly 5,200 lightyears, and it reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed mid October.
Made optimal use of two nights. Quickly refreshed the collimation of the Cassegrain and completed the imaging session without any notable problems.
Sharpless 188 is an unusual planetary nebula located in the constellation Cassiopeia, about 850 light-years from Earth; it reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed in mid October.
A single, crystal-clear evening. I felt like taking out my VC200L with the reducer and capturing another Caldwell object that was still missing from my collection.
Caldwell 28, also known as NGC 752 and Melotte 12, is an open star cluster located in the constellation Andromeda, about 1,500 light-years away; it reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed in late October.
Sh2-147, Sh2-148 and Sh2-149 compact H II patches in Cepheus roughly 4,500 light-years away. Sh2-152 and Sh2-153: Two adjacent H II regions in Cassiopeia about 4,500 light-years away. Those are best observable in September.
The Andromeda Galaxy as an intermediate project. I still had 5 hours of luminance data from September, which I combined with the RGB data from 2021. Thanks to my current workflow, it looks really good.
NGC 7082 is a moderately bright open star cluster located in the constellation Cygnus at a distance of about 4,700 light-years from Earth. This cluster reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed in mid August.
NGC 7062 is a compact open star cluster in the constellation Cygnus, located about 4,800 light-years away, reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed in mid August in the Northern Hemisphere, when Cygnus is high in the sky.