NGC 256 and neighborhood.

[jsmoraes (Jorge)]

The most difficult capture. Terrible seeing, faint guiding star, seldom registered, no color image on internet, problem with focus, many hours to make the stars like stars.
I did my best, but I don't know if the nebula is similar with what I managed to do.

NASA: http://skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin...zed+Sky+Survey

GSO 305 mm - Canon Rebel XT - ISO 800 - 42 min - 21 x 120 sec - OAG - ASI120MC - Coma Corr.

[TimberLand (Justin)]

I feel your pain with guiding and poor stars, as all imagers are, there is always a fainter more challenging object to get on a chip.

Considering your target you have done well.

[jsmoraes (Jorge)]

Thank you, Justin.
If astrobin.com worked well we have some others ngcs: 269, 265, 256, 242, 241, 248 and 267.
http://www.astrobin.com/65399/0/

With image of detail it seems to be wrong.

[jsmoraes (Jorge)]

Undoubtly that region is amazing one ! With the map by astrobin.com and with information of http://www.asnsw.com/sites/default/f...smc/tsmc2.html, I will crop and show those structures.

Lets go to the first production: NGC 267

[jsmoraes (Jorge)]

NGC 269 - faint and small - 25 arc seconds - Globular Cluster

[allan gould]

Good captures there Jorges, it's good to see something other than the usual suspects.
Allan

[jsmoraes (Jorge)]

Thank you, very much, Allan

And more one: NGC 265: globular cluster (not so round). Only 1 arc-minute of diameter, and stars of 15 magnitude.

Very difficult to recover the stars inside the core. I managed Photoshop as I never did ! The same to recover the round shape of stars.

I promised to my self that I will image them again, when the sky is more friendly

[jsmoraes (Jorge)]

And the last two structures:

NGC 248, with a halo that remember a comet and NGC 242 where I didn't identify his companion NGC 241.

That's all !