The Blue Dog

Ya know, I don't know what to call this object, so I took the liberty to name it. I'm not so good at pouring through all the catalogs. If any of you could enlighten me on a catalog reference, I would appreciate it. The Dog's eye is HD211300. The image center is (Equatorial 2000: RA: 22h 08m 52s Dec: +73°14'34"). I got the idea to image this from looking through Wikisky. Image and exposure / processing details are at:

http://www.jthommes.com/Astro/BlueDog.htm
(click on the image for full size)

Scope - Zenithstar 66 mm APO at f/4.5
Camera - Artemis285
Mount - CG5 - Goto
Guiding - Homemage 180 mm FL guide scope, DSI Pro, PHD guiding.

The Blue Dog would be a great name for a drink, too.
"It gives you that hangdog hangover."
Given its size, I'm surprised that this hasn't been a common target.
Good job on finding and imaging this one, Jim.
My regards,

dan

"Who's a good dog? You are! Good boy!"

Jim, very nice shot and way to go locating this object!

Eric

Nice Jim,
Neat object really!
I looked in The Sky 6 Pro, but nothing there, found the star but no object was shown. May not have the catalog associated with it.

Hi Jim,

Nice image. These objects are vdB149, vdB150, and LDN 1235. They are indeed beautiful!

http://www.tvdavisastropics.com/astroimages-1_000035.htm

Here is the SIMBAD search for 20 arcmin around star HD211300.

http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-coo?Coord=22+12+52.7667%2B73+18+25.895&CooFrame=ICRS&CooEqui=2000.0&CooEpoch=J2000&Radius=20.0&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=get+the+list+of+objects

Tom

Thanks all for the comments on the image and the name suggestions.