Category: Deep Sky

Here is my first image with my new ZWO ASI2600MC Pro camera, the Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405) in Auriga. I used my Samyang 135mm f/2 prime lens on my Celestron AVX mount. That ought to be enough name dropping to get me a corporate sponsor.
IC 405 is an Hydrogen Alpha emission nebula, glowing by its own heat.
It was really windy last night at the River Ridge Observatory but the AVX handled it well. This is 3 hours and 20 minutes of five minute subs stacked together. I had to wait until 2:30 for the Moon to go down so it was nearly 6 AM when it was done. Now to sell some stuff to help pay for it.

Saturday night was another good night at the River Ridge Observatory. I had two rigs running. My C11 with Hyperstar and ZWO ASI533MC Pro camera on CGEM DX mount was one, my Samyang F/2 135mm with ZWO ASI294MC Pro on AVX mount was the other.

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Friday night was another good night at the River Ridge Observatory. I got this image of the North America and Pelican Nebulas with my Samyang F/2 135mm with ZWO ASI294MC Pro on AVX mount. This was made from 4 hours of two minute subs. North America (NGC 7000) is clearly visible on the left while the Pelican (IC 5070) is more subtle almost exactly in the middle. It actually looks like a Pterodactyl head oriented downward to me. That bright star at the top is Deneb, Tail of the Swan and the last star in the Summer Triangle. In rural skies or darker, you can see this patch of nebulosity with your unaided eyes though not the details.

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