Observation by Simon Paul Davis: Giraffe Nebula

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Simon Paul Davis

Observer

Simon Paul Davis

Observed

2026 Oct 04 - 20:30

Uploaded

2026 Oct 16 - 13:06

Objects

LDN 1295

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Constellation

Cassiopeia

Field centre

RA: 00^h44^m
Dec: +52°33'
Position angle: -90°28'

Field size

0°47' × 0°39'

Equipment

Seestar S50

Exposure

1100 x 30s EQ mode

Location

Hampshire

Target name

Giraffe Nebula

Title

Giraffe Nebula

About this image

About 10 hours of data taken over 2 nights (Oct 4th and 7th) processed in PI. It is quite hard to bring out the detail without introducing too much noise or artefacts created by too much noise reduction. However the Giraffe can be clearly seen, so pretty pleased with that!

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Giraffe_final_crop.jpg (994.2 kB)

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