Friday, October 28, 2022
Capturing a star cluster - in ANOTHER GALAXY
Two weeks ago, I took my TOA-130 telescope to the backyard and took a very simple/quick image of galaxy NGC 185 (Caldwell 18). This galaxy is just over 2 million light years away. After some research, I found a Hubble image of same (showing individual stars of that galaxy), PLUS a globular cluster also in that galaxy.
The globular cluster is on the left side of the main galaxy - and highlighted with a line (in my image).
In this video you will see: I have taken the Hubble image data and superimposed it onto MY humble image of NGC 185 (that I took from my backyard).
Certainly no individual stars are seen my my result (they are blurred together)...BUT... I did pick up the globular cluster - in another galaxy!!!
My video on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjeeIXKfCM8
Friday, October 21, 2022
Friday, October 14, 2022
Back to the Heart...
Back to the Heart...
IC 1805 (Heart Nebula)
Distance: 7,500 light years
From my backyard (previous house) in Las Cruces.
Telescope Takahashi TOA-130F @ f/7.7
Mount Takahashi EM200 Temma II
Camera QSI 540wsg @ -15C