Vicki Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 First time shooting this target and I'm blown away at how pretty it is.This is 7 hours of 180s guided subs taken over 2 nights of clear skies. Really pleased with how well this has come out. I soon realised that there was a lot of dust around this cluster of stars. So much so that the background isn't just black at all. The integration time has started pulling in the brown dust also, and there's even a real faint spiral galaxy by the name of UGC 2838 to the right. This little (but very large) galaxy is a staggering 232 million light years away. I mean, how is this even possible?!! Yet again, my mind has been blown 🤯 Skywatcher 72ed, HEQ5 PRO, Lightwave 0.8 reducer/flattener, Hypercam 269c TEC - Sharpcap for capture Starwave 50mm, GPCAM2 290c - PHD2 for guiding 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 That's brilliant! I doubt I'll see that galaxy visually with my 72ED lol. The Pleiades does have a fair amount of dust though, you can actually see some of it visually with a small refractor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sterrenland Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Beautiful work...The Pleiades never fail to impress me. And amazing! I didn't know about that galaxy. Just checked my previous shots of the Pleiades to see if I had caught it..and it was there...hiding in plain sight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 I just had to see if I could find this on my software. It is in CdC, just about. Stellarium found it easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astroarg Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 lovely capture, well done. there are quite a few galaxies hiding in that image 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonyme Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 First time shooting! I wouldn't have known. Cracking image. Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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