Observation by John Savage: Teapot to Vesta

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John Savage

Observer

John Savage

Observed

2018 Jul 10 - 20:21

Uploaded

2018 Jul 10 - 20:25

Objects

4 Vesta
Saturn
The Lagoon Nebula (M8)
The Trifid Nebula (M20)
M21
The Sagittarius Cluster (M22)
Widefield

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Constellation

Sagittarius

Field centre

RA: 18^h15^m
Dec: -28°15'
Position angle: +5°28'

Field size

24° × 16°

Equipment

Canon EOS 60Da, 50mm lens
Skywatcher ALT_EQ-6 (Eq mode)

Exposure

F2.8, ISO 800, 40s single image

Location

DT10 2HB

Target name

Teapot to Vesta

Title

Teapot to Vesta

About this image

I and some friends have been tracking Vesta in binoculars recently. Saturday and Sunday nights were stunning so I thought I would take some pictures of the region including Sagittarius “teapot” asterism extending west to cover Vesta. Here is a single image taken around 00:30UT on Monday morning. Mild processing in Photoshop. There’s plenty to see besides Vesta (near the top right and circled in yellow) including Saturn, M8, M20m M21 M22, the teapot asterism itself and the bowl of the “teaspoon”.

Files associated with this observation

2018-07-09_SagittariusToVesta_Resized.jpg (1.3 MB)

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