Couple of WFs

[philjay]

Was feeling crook yesterday so when the weather forecast proved wrong again and it was clear between 21:00 and 24:00 I cheered myself up a bit by going out with the 1000d and nifty 50 1.8 on the SW Star adventurer.

Just spent an hour in these 2 regions. I was going to spend an hour on Perseus but the battery gave out after 30 minutes so I did 30 on Andromeda region as well.

Not glossy images, they weren't intended to be, but for seeing whats in and around these regions and seeing just how close these objects are to each other is interesting.

The Perseus one, you can just make out the Heart and Soul nebulae, unfortunately taking the LP out also took some of that out as well.  

[+Bino-viewer]

Is that M33 at the lower right of the 1st (Andromeda) image ?

[Tweedledee]

Very nice Phil. There's a few DSO's in both pics when you look closely. 

[philjay]

Ta chaps, yep thers our 2 closest neighbours in that one, 31 and 33

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[philjay]

A few IDs in the Perseus shot

 

I had forgotten how good the Star Adventurer is. Dead light especially on my carbon tripod, so ideal for when my lurgy strikes and or my back goes out. I was set up in 5 minutes and imaging in 12. I then sat by the rig and just looked. Not the best skies in the country round here but they aren't bad, M33 was visible in 8x42 binos, just.

Edited October 22, 2016 by philjay

[BAZ]

That's nice isn't it. A nice bit of sky to try it on as well, your favourite clusters there eh Phil! "Diamonds sprinkled on black velvet". 

[philjay]

A bit of a different take now on Perseus region. Converted to BW and pushed to bring out the fainter stars and nebulosity.

[Guest]

On ‎22‎/‎10‎/‎2016 at 16:27, philjay said:

A few IDs in the Perseus shot

 

I had forgotten how good the Star Adventurer is. Dead light especially on my carbon tripod, so ideal for when my lurgy strikes and or my back goes out. I was set up in 5 minutes and imaging in 12. I then sat by the rig and just looked. Not the best skies in the country round here but they aren't bad, M33 was visible in 8x42 binos, just.

I like Melotte 20, a very neglected DSO and eye candy through binoculars.

[philjay]

An excellent bino subject, not sure why they call it the Perseus Moving Cluster though, Ive never seen it move

Edited October 24, 2016 by philjay

[Tweedledee]

6 minutes ago, philjay said:

An excellent bino subject, not sure why they call it the Perseus Moving Cluster though, Ive never seen it move

Just try looking at it in some big bins without a tripod. I've seen it jump around a few times.