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M46&NGC2438

Started by Trannyguy, 02/10/2008 12:08AM
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Jason Boyce
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Hi all,

Had some more clear skies last night with much better conditions than my last attempt.Transparency was good,seeing was only about 3.5 arc seconds though,a bit windy.

I started with this cluster early in the evening and shot it right through the searchlights from the car lot down the street.
Why they feel the need to have 3 searchlights blasting into the sky is beyond me sad

Think it turned out ok though grin

This is 40 minutes luminance and 30 minutes each RGB taken with a TMB115 at F7 and my ST10xme.

I can't ID what looks like a little planetary on the right side of the image,anyone know what it is?

Thanks and comments,tips always welcome.

Jason



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Posted 02/10/2008 02:02AM | Edited 02/10/2008 02:03AM #1
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Gotta love it.... 8)
You've captured beautifully the "surprise" in this cluster... well done! wink
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Posted 02/10/2008 04:57AM | Edited 02/10/2008 05:00AM #2
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I think the Planetary is Herschel H39-4, ( NGC2438 ) it's a mag 10.8 @ RA 07h 42m 15s Dec -14 45 18

Bob

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Posted 02/25/2008 07:08AM #3
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Hi Jason, I looked it up on the POSS2/UKSTU RED and it looks like a planetary to me. Nice catch!!


Joe

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