Deep Sky NGC869 (1 Viewer)

[OhNo]

This is NGC869 often called the "Double Cluster". Iit consists of two open star clusters at a magnitude of 3,80 in the constellation of Perseus, some 6781.7 light years away.

Sky was so terrible with the moon and upper level smoke this was limited to 6 exposures of 240 seconds.

Annotated image below.

 

[Larry]

A personal favorite of mine. My FOV is a bit small for it, but I like to give it a go.

Larry

 

[OhNo]

Mosaics Larry, mosaic. I can hook ya up with a couple vids (not mine) that explain and show how to do it in Pix and/or APP. If I can do it anyone can!

 

[Larry]

Mosaics Larry, mosaic. I can hook ya up with a couple vids (not mine) that explain and show how to do it in Pix and/or APP. If I can do it anyone can!

Maybe when I run out of targets that actually fit my FOV...

Larry

 

[OhNo]

I have the same scope as you, familiar with those targets. Talk to ya soon. I forget not everyone is retired like me, so they can't shoot every night..... with this inflation I wish I had a JOB!

 

[Larry]

I have the same scope as you, familiar with those targets. Talk to ya soon. I forget not everyone is retired like me, so they can't shoot every night..... with this inflation I wish I had a JOB!

Don't even get me started on the economy... I'm supposed to retire in 5 years and now that's questionable...

Larry

 

[OhNo]

Yours may be even worse than ours. Guess it could be worse we could live in cold Europe....

 

[Tracy]

Mosaics Larry, mosaic. I can hook ya up with a couple vids (not mine) that explain and show how to do it in Pix and/or APP. If I can do it anyone can!

Think some of those may already be in the Galley -> Guide section since I found Andromeda blew out of my capture zone for my ASI533MM Pro.

PixInsight - How to Create a MOSAIC

• Tracy
• September 16, 2022

Today we will create a 2 panel mosaic of the Andromeda Galaxy with PixInsight. I will show you...

I forget not everyone is retired like me, so they can't shoot every night

Retiree hand raised here... and I'm an "old" 58.

 

[OhNo]

Yup, M31 will almost all fit in the FOV with my ASI183MM P in the SharpStar 61. On a diagonal...

Here is M31 with the ASI533MC P and