February DSO Challenge from Kent UK
Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 9:36 pm
Well my signature forecast had two green squares on it so I set up on Wednesday night for a go at the February Challenge.
I soon had NGC2420 plate solved and bang in the centre of the screen So I started a sequence of 10 x 120 seconds captures. As has been said recently, open clusters that fill the field of view don't define well. NGC2420 is small for an open cluster and so composes well with my 2350 focal length. Guiding wasn't good, I'm sure there are two distant galaxies top center visible in the better captures but they're not evident in the final stacked image.
Then I moved onto NGC2392. This one is a thing of beauty and would be better served with a 2x Barlow in front of the camera. After the first capture the clouds moved in! And looking at the image it looks like the wind was an issue too.
It was a work night anyway! So I grabbed some flat frames and packed up. Not great images but a start to the February Challenge and a fun time was had.
Regards
Graeme
I soon had NGC2420 plate solved and bang in the centre of the screen So I started a sequence of 10 x 120 seconds captures. As has been said recently, open clusters that fill the field of view don't define well. NGC2420 is small for an open cluster and so composes well with my 2350 focal length. Guiding wasn't good, I'm sure there are two distant galaxies top center visible in the better captures but they're not evident in the final stacked image.
Then I moved onto NGC2392. This one is a thing of beauty and would be better served with a 2x Barlow in front of the camera. After the first capture the clouds moved in! And looking at the image it looks like the wind was an issue too.
It was a work night anyway! So I grabbed some flat frames and packed up. Not great images but a start to the February Challenge and a fun time was had.
Regards
Graeme