Observation by Nick Hewitt: The Auriga Triplet - Messier 37

Uploaded by

Nick Hewitt

Observer

Nick Hewitt

Observed

2016 Dec 02 - 23:45

Uploaded

2016 Dec 13 - 19:38

Objects

M37

Planetarium overlay

Enable overlay
Show stars
Label stars
Show deep sky objects
Label deep sky objects
Show constellation boundaries
Show constellation sticks
Show constellation labels
Show RA/Dec grid

Constellation

Auriga

Field centre

RA: 05^h52^m
Dec: +32°34'
Position angle: -160°44'

Field size

1°56' × 1°17'

Equipment

TMB 115mm APO triplet refractor
IDAS fiter
Canon 60a
EQ8 mount

Exposure

15 x 120 seconds

Location

Billing , Northampton

Target name

Messier 37

Title

The Auriga Triplet - Messier 37

About this image

Rich, quite dense, I believe a great favorite of my predecessor as Deep Sky Director, Dr Stewart Moore. Superb in any telescope.

Files associated with this observation

Messier 37 2016-12-03 TMB ISO 1000 20s x 15P (2) copy.jpg (1.6 MB)

Like this image

David Basey, Ron Johnson, David Dunn, Gary Poyner, Peter Carson

Copyright of all images and other observations submitted to the BAA remains with the owner of the work. Reproduction of work by third parties is expressly forbidden without the consent of the copyright holder. By submitting images to this online gallery, you grant the BAA permission to reproduce them in any of our publications.

Registered charity no. 210769
Registered company no. 117572

For more information including contact details, click here.

Our Terms of Use are here.

Our Privacy Policy is here.