Observation by David Davies: Abell 1314, Object of interest for Febru...

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David Davies

Observer

David Davies

Observed

2023 Feb 27 - 22:55

Uploaded

2023 Feb 28 - 12:07

Objects

IC712
IC708
IC711
IC709
Sirius

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Constellation

Ursa Major

Field centre

RA: 11^h34^m
Dec: +49°05'
Position angle: -0°08'

Field size

0°26' × 0°20'

Equipment

10" Ritchey-Chretien telescope
X 0,7 reducer to give 1400mm focal length
QSI 683 camera
SW EQ8 mount

Exposure

3 x 5 min

Location

Cambridge, UK

Target name

Abell 1314, Object of interest for February

Title

Abell 1314, Object of interest for February

About this image

I'm rather late in observing our object of interest for February after being distracted by brighter, showier objects and aurora.

I managed to capture just 15 minutes of luminance data on this intriguing cluster of galaxies before the clouds arrived last night. There is very little image processing apart from calibration and a little noise reduction. Nevertheless, I'm pleased with what can be observed, especially the tiny galaxies peaking out from behind the magnitude 9 star just above IC 712. The image is a crop of the original.

I love this telescope.

Files associated with this observation

Abell 1314_crop_brighter.jpg (1.9 MB)

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Richard Sargent, Callum Potter

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