Cassieopeia and surroundings

[jgs001]

The third time this year, I've actually managed to image something, and only the second go with the Astrotrac. I'm glad I've got this, as I can't actually lift my HEQ5 at the mo...

36 x 5 minutes @ISO400

Canon 450d, EF 50mm f/1.4 @f/3.5

Astrotrac on a redsnapper tripod and 3 way head

There's quite a bit of Ha in this, for an unmodded camera. I think the Heart Neb but only half the Soul, I didn't know they were even there ... Got the Pacman neb too... also, the Double Cluster, M52 and the Owl Cluster will be hiding in there somewhere.

Astrometry data

Hello, this is the blind astrometry solver. Your results are:

(RA, Dec) center:(17.5400966387, 59.1912241599) degrees

(RA, Dec) center (H:M:S, D:M:S):(01:10:9.623, +59:11:28.407)

Orientation:158.52 deg E of N

Pixel scale:42.60 arcsec/pixel

Parity:Reverse ("Left-handed")

Field size :24.24 x 16.13 degrees

Your field contains:

The star Caph (ßCas)

The star Schedar (aCas)

The star ?Cas

The star Ruchbah (dCas)

The star Navi (eCas)

The star ?Cas

The star ?Cas

The star ?Cas

The star ?Cas

The star ?Cas

NGC 129

NGC 281

NGC 869 / Double cluster

NGC 884 / Double cluster

NGC 896

IC 1795

IC 1805

[tnorthy92]

Wow, that's amazing. Didn't think an unmodded camera could pick that much Ha up. There is hope for my astrophotography aspirations yet

[Daniel-K]

john thats awesome just look at those stars!!!

[jgs001]

Thanks guys. The Ha is helped by running at f/3.5 of course, as it's fast, much faster then either of my imaging scopes (f/7.5 & f/9)