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Constellations of the month,Andromeda, Pegasus, Aquarius, Triangulum. Pisces, Cetus,Capricornus, and Aries

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#51 Nightowl99

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Posted 30 September 2023 - 03:50 PM

Down to the wire, let's add a few more. How can we have a constellation of the month thread with Triangulum and no M33? I hope to replace this one with a new sketch with the 14" next new moon. NGC 604 is down at the bottom.

 

M33

x100 magnification
10” GSO Dob coma corrected to f/5.4
APM XWA 13 mm
9/24/22, Mt Pinos, CA
Seeing 4/5, Transparency 4/5

 

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#52 Nightowl99

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Posted 30 September 2023 - 04:05 PM

NGC 246 is a very interesting and beautiful planetary nebula 1,600 light years away in Cetus. It’s fairly large and bright so not difficult to see, but the details are a bit difficult to hold. The disc is distinctly mottled and appears almost transparent with an illuminated gossamer film. An Oiii filter helps and so does magnification, but it’s not so bright to handle the dim filter and smaller exit pupil. I used a Televue 1st gen Bandmate Oiii filter with a wide passband to give the view a “gentle” filter to enhance details but not darken the view much.

 

NGC 246 - The Skull Nebula
150x magnification
14” Dobstuff ETT coma corrected to f/5.5
APM XWA 13mm
Televue type 1 Bandmate Oiii filter
9/16/23, Mt Pinos, CA
SQM-l 21.2, Seeing 3/5, Transparency 4/5

 

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#53 Nightowl99

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Posted 30 September 2023 - 04:09 PM

Raul already posted an awesome detailed sketch of the planetary Jones 1 in Pegasus. I'll add another view in a bit wider field.

 

Jones 1
70x magnification
10” GSO Dob coma corrected to f/5.4
Stellarvue Optimus 20 mm
Lumicon gen 3 Oiii filter
8/26/22, Mt Pinos, CA
Seeing 3/5, Transparency 4/5

 

Jones 1 sm.jpg

 

 


 

#54 mdowns

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Posted 30 September 2023 - 07:17 PM

Thanks Andy.I kept hoping that someone would come through with m33 and ngc 246. These were worth the wait!


 

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Posted 30 September 2023 - 07:25 PM

Great idea Andrew to get in under the wire.  Here's my view of M33 and some more last minute entries from Pegasus, including one of my favorite barred spirals.

 

M33 and NGC 604.jpg           M33 & NGC 604 labelled.jpg.png

 

 

NGC 7479, barred spiral in Pegasus:

 

NGC 7479 sm.jpg

 

 

Hickson 92 and NGC 7331 the Deer Lick group in the same FOV and separately: 

 

Deer Lick Group and Stephan's Quintet.jpg         Hickson 92 - Stephans Quintet - 2.jpg           NGC 7331 The Deer Lick Group.jpg

 

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