Observation by Steve Bosley: 47 Tucana from Namibia 2017

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Steve Bosley

Observer

Steve Bosley

Observed

2017 Oct 20 - 20:34

Uploaded

2017 Nov 16 - 16:48

Objects

47 Tucanae (NGC104)

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Constellation

Tucana

Field centre

RA: 00^h24^m
Dec: -71°58'
Position angle: -39°08'

Field size

1°47' × 1°11'

Equipment

Canon 70D
Williams Optic GT 102 Triplet APO F/6.9

Location

10 secs at ISO 6400

Target name

47 Tucana

Title

47 Tucana from Namibia 2017

About this image

Probably the first image taken through this scope. Dennis Liebenberg, the lodge manager lives under the darkest skies imaginable and uses his Williams Optic GT 102 Triplet APO F/6.9 with a 2 inch tube, mounted on a Celestron VX Equatorial mount to show the night sky to his visitors. It has a permanent pier but he sets up the OTA each evening it is used. The full scale image shows that the scope isn't perfectly polar aligned - but it is plenty good enough for visual use. I'll have to see if I can give him advice to improve the alignment.

Files associated with this observation

47 Tucana.jpg (1.9 MB)

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