Category: Michael Dean After Dark

Just taking my little friend for a walk from the back yard to the front yard. Thing weighs 54 pounds without the counterweights.

Not too much to lift but is when it’s shaped like this.

Processed in PixInsight and Photoshop. Image cropped.

RedCat on Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro with Zwo mini guide cam and scope via PhD2. Cam: DSLR, Canon 90D. Polar align via SharpCap.

Photo includes NGC 6960, the Western Veil, an emission nebula, the western part of the remnant, also called the “Witch’s Broom”, as well as part of The Cygnus Loop (radio source W78, or Sharpless 103).

“The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus.

“It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop, a supernova remnant, many portions of which have acquired their own individual names and catalogue identifiers. The source supernova was a star 20 times more massive than the Sun which exploded between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago.

“Some arcs of the loop, known collectively as the Veil Nebula or Cirrus Nebula, emit in the visible electromagnetic range. Radio, infrared, and X-ray images reveal the complete loop.

Last night’s photo of Butterfly Nebula in Sadr Region in Cygnus. More info and more of my pix here: https://www.astrobin.com/users/BipTunia/40 Lights. 60 second exp each. 29 Darks. 28 Flats. 29 Dark Flats. 800 ISO. Total integration: 40 minutes. Bortle 3 (backyard, north east Oregon farm.) Processed in PixInsight and Photoshop. Image cropped.
RedCat on Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro mount with Zwo mini guide cam and scope via PhD2. Cam: DSLR, Canon 90D. Polar align via SharpCap.
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Star Adventurer is frustrating. I returned mine. FYI, I would not try to put a scope on Star Adventurer, just a DSLR with ball mount. It gets thrown off too easy otherwise.