Observation by Karen Smith: Egg nebula - Deep Sky Object of Interest...

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Karen Smith

Observer

Karen Smith

Observed

2025 Sep 13 - 21:30

Uploaded

2025 Sep 21 - 17:42

Objects

CRL 2688

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Constellation

Cygnus

Field centre

RA: 21^h02^m
Dec: +36°41'
Position angle: -89°40'

Field size

0°20' × 0°12'

Equipment

Meade LX90 telescope
ZWO ASI 2600 MC PRO
Optolong L-pro filter
ZWO ASIAIR
ZWO AM5n
ZWO OAG with ZWO ASI 120mm mini camera

Exposure

240 seconds x 9

Location

My back garden in the Midlands

Target name

Egg nebula a binary protoplanetary nebula

Title

Egg nebula - Deep Sky Object of Interest

About this image

When I initially tried to capture the Egg Nebula, I entered the coordinates into the ASIAir and my mount slewed to the position. I couldn't see anything but stars, even with a 4 minute exposure! I assumed it was a very faint target. When I looked at the images a few days later, I compared them to someone else's image and noticed the Star patterns were different. It was then that I realised I had missed the target, it was just outside of my FOV! The next clear night, I slewed back to the original location, then moved my telescope slightly south. I finally saw the Egg Nebula and started imagining :)

Files associated with this observation

Egg Nebula2.jpg (5.7 MB)

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