Observation by Nick Hewitt: 11 Messier targets - can you find them?

Uploaded by

Nick Hewitt

Observer

Nick Hewitt

Observed

2017 Aug 16 - 22:00

Uploaded

2017 Aug 30 - 13:52

Objects

The Milky Way

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

Sagittarius

Field centre

RA: 18^h25^m
Dec: -19°46'
Position angle: -5°04'

Field size

24° × 16°

Equipment

Canon D60a
50mm lens at f4
IDAS filter
Star Adventurer

Exposure

5 x 180sec at ISO1600

Location

Near Fredonia, Arizona

Target name

The Milky Way in Sagittarius

Title

11 Messier targets - can you find them?

About this image

This wide view of areas of the summer Milky Way that are tricky from the UK contains 11 Messier objects. Within the frame are Messiers 8,16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 28. Some are easier than others at this scale. 10% of the catalogue in one frame.

Files associated with this observation

2017-08-16 M6&7 etc 5x175 sec ISO1600 11 Messiers copy.jpg (1.9 MB)

Like this image

David Basey, Thomas Killestein, Mr Michael Alan Frost, Peter Carson, David Swan, Jeremy Shears, Ron Johnson, Mike Olason, Graham Winstanley, Robert James Stuart, Nick James, Dawson, Callum Potter, Lyn Smith, Dr Ollie Garrett, Marcio Mattos

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.