Observation by Ray Emery: Taurus-Perseus nebulosity

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Ray Emery

Observer

Ray Emery

Observed

2016 Dec 22 - 21:00

Uploaded

2017 Jan 29 - 15:52

Objects

The Pleiades (M45)
The California Nebula (NGC1499)

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Constellation

Perseus

Field centre

RA: 03^h52^m
Dec: +31°17'
Position angle: +2°34'

Field size

26° × 38°

Equipment

Canon 6D modified, CLS filter
50mm lens @ f4
Skywatcher EQ6 Pro; no autoguiding
Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
Processed in Photoshop CS2

Exposure

1600 ISO; 11 x 15 mins frames, plus darks & flats

Location

Brinkhill, Lincolnshire

Target name

Pleiades and California Nebula

Title

Taurus-Perseus nebulosity

About this image

A wide view of this area, showing something of the Taurus dark nebulosity complex.

Files associated with this observation

Taurus_Perseus_2016 Dec22_50mmf4.jpg (1.9 MB)

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David Dunn, Jeremy Shears, Mr Leonard Entwisle, Nick Hewitt, Denis Buczynski, Paul Anthony Brierley, Ron Johnson, Gary Poyner, Andy Wilson, Dawson

Comments

Paul Anthony Brierley, 2017 Jan 30 - 06:33 UTC

This an very good picture. It show's the dark nebulae nicely.

It is something we don't normally associate with Taurus. Or the winter Milky Way.

Nick Hewitt, 2017 Jan 30 - 09:02 UTC

Hi Ray

It has been a while! I really like this shot. I trot a talk on dark nebulae around and would welcome use of this if you are happy . If you are , can you send me an uncompressed version, or less compressed. I always acknowledge sources.

Best wishes

Nick

Ray Emery, 2017 Jan 30 - 11:16 UTC

Nick - happy to oblige! The BAA members' page server seems to be very dodgy - I will send a better quality version to you direct.

Cheers,

- Ray -

Nick Hewitt, 2017 Jan 31 - 16:00 UTC

Hi Ray

My replies to you on ordinary e-mail are being returned undelivered. I am on nickdhewitt@btinternet.com

I should be able to reply to you (and thank you!) thereafter.

Best wishes

Nick

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