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Old 16-12-2013, 04:15 PM
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Celestron C90 snaps - clusters and nova

A bit bored during the full moon so dug out my antique Celestron C90 circa 1985. This is a 90mm Maksutov Cassegrain at a slow f11 / Tstop 14+ f/L 1000mm.

Not only did I have full moon but clouds so most subs were only a hand full of frames - 30 secs at ISO3200 so these pics probably resemble the view through the eyepiece rather than any deep sky masterpiece.

Regor in Vela looks like a little solar system the way the stars are arranged. I think it looks cute.

Not far away is open cluster IC2391 and IC2602 the Southern Pleiades.

Had to snap the jewel box NGC4755 also. This is just 3 x 1 minute subs.

Finally Nova Centauri 2013. As mentioned elsewhere it looks a little red shifted this morning.

So there we have it. Nothing deep. Just a few snaps between clouds. Temperature was quite warm last night so some amp glow around the edges which I should have cropped off.
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