Observation by Alan Thomas: IC 2574 (Coddington's Nebula) Irregular ...

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Alan Thomas

Observer

Alan Thomas

Observed

2024 Jan 28 - 04:32

Uploaded

2024 Jan 29 - 12:53

Objects

Coddington's Nebula (IC2574)

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Constellation

Ursa Major

Field centre

RA: 10^h29^m
Dec: +68°29'
Position angle: -0°51'

Field size

0°26' × 0°25'

Equipment

42cm CDK17 corrected Dall-Kirkham f/6.8
ProLine KAF-09000 camera
10Micron GM4000 mount

Exposure

3min.

Location

Observatorio del Teide, Tenerife

Target name

IC 2574 (Coddington's Nebula) Irregular Galaxy in Ursa Major

Title

IC 2574 (Coddington's Nebula) Irregular Galaxy in Ursa Major

About this image

A third and final attempt at the Deep Sky Section's January 'Object of Interest', using the Open University's 42cm COAST in Tenerife. This instrument has been out of service for a while, but on returning to operation still seems to have some problems with dust penetrating the optics. I have had to crop the image considerably and apply some basic tweaks to produce a reasonable image. The relatively brief exposure - 180sec. - is the maximum allowed to 'casual' users.

Files associated with this observation

IC2574 COAST v3image-jpeg-i.jpeg (306.8 kB)

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