Observation by Grant Privett: Hind's Variable Nebula

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Grant Privett

Observer

Grant Privett

Observed

2023 Oct 13 - 23:30

Uploaded

2023 Oct 15 - 18:48

Objects

T-Tau
Hind's Variable Nebula

Equipment

300mm VX12 f/4 Newtonian
SX TRius 694 mono
SW NEQ6 plus Rowan belts

Exposure

220x 30s

Location

Near Salisbury

Target name

Hind's variable nebula + T Tauri

Title

Hind's Variable Nebula

About this image

I observed this a week or two back but my chinese knockoff Celeron Minipc then bit the dust - with extreme prejudice - and took the images and 70GB from the summer - with it. Looks to me like theres changes in the nebula - especially adjacent to the 4 o'clock diffraction spike being generated by T Tauri.

Even without variability its an interesting nebula to image and worth spending a couple of hours on to smooth out the noise in the background.

Files associated with this observation

ttau_20231013-03.jpg (361.1 kB)

Like this image

Callum Potter, Richard Sargent

Comments

Richard Sargent, 2023 Oct 16 - 19:59 UTC

Very nice image Grant. Yes there does look to be some extra/brighter nebula in the area you point out, to the SW of the 4 o'clock diffraction spike. I'm still waiting for a weather window to have a go at imaging this VN. Tonight looked promising but is now getting worse and there's another storm on the way!

Richard

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