My annual visit to Pegasus was blessed this year by crystal clear seeing helped by warm conditions which didn't drop below the dew-point, so obviating the need for the atmosphere to support its usual burden of air saturated with water vapour; IOW
haze.
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| celestron 6" f8 refractor |
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| bresser 6" f8 reflector |
Here's
last year's try with the Celestron refractor dating back to my Alcarria days of the '90s. This year, the -longer- exposures are spread over 2 nights with the no nonsense Bresser reflector managing to retain some good colour data. With distances from 40-300 million light years...
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galaxy clusters ngc7331 deer lick and (top right) stephan's quintet in pegasus 700d + nt150L 36x360s @ ISO800 |
