Observation by Grant Privett: Two Galaxies

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Grant Privett

Observer

Grant Privett

Observed

2021 Oct 01 - 00:00

Uploaded

2021 Oct 09 - 00:17

Objects

M101

Equipment

SkyWatcher f/5 114mm Newtonian
NEQ6 + Rowan
Starlight Lodestar camera
Coffee

Exposure

An hour of 30s on each

Location

Near Salisbury

Target name

M101 and the Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal galaxy

Title

Two Galaxies

About this image

Two more pictures taken with the uncooled Lodestar camera. Taking 30s exposures guaranteed that no frames were thrown away so I got to 120 images quite quickly. On the left M101 and on the right, a low surface brightness local group galaxy, the Pegasus Dwarf.

In a single frame the 14th mag Pegasus dwarf was not actually visible and it was only by stacking 120 and choosing a mag 21.1 night that I got such a good result. As always I was fighting the rubbish plastic focuser which does not allow SXM-7 cooled camera to focus and is the wrong size for the 2" Trius 694.

Will try a KBO or the Pisces local group galaxy next I think.

Files associated with this observation

M101 and Pegasus Dwarf.jpg (288.7 kB)

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