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Lindhard
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Reged: 08/24/08
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Help needed
#3348995 - 09/22/09 01:00 PM

We took this picture last weekend at the Danish Star Party.
http://imageload.dk/files/d810163d6f231fad6a8d1370fbda339e.jpg
It was ment to be the Dumbbell, but the telescope was misplaced.

What did we take?

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Lars

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David Knisely
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Reged: 04/19/04
Posts: 8274
Loc: Beatrice, Nebraska

Re: Help needed new

[Re: Lindhard]
#3349432 - 09/22/09 04:10 PM

Quote:

We took this picture last weekend at the Danish Star Party.
http://imageload.dk/files/d810163d6f231fad6a8d1370fbda339e.jpg
It was ment to be the Dumbbell, but the telescope was misplaced.

What did we take?

Boy, did you get a little off in direction!

The bright nebula near the center of the frame is NGC 7538 in Cepheus, and the one in the upper left part of the image is Sh2-159. You were not far from the "Bubble" Nebula (NGC 7635), but you were a long ways from M27. Still, it is a fantastic image of the two nebulae and shows a lot more than most images of the area do. You did a great job even though you missed your target. Clear skies to you.

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David W. Knisely
Hyde Memorial Observatory
http://www.hydeobservatory.info
Prairie Astronomy Club
http://www.prairieastronomyclub.org