Targets for next week please

[Garethr]

Hi all

I am off to a really dark site next week for our annual week playing with some serious kit.

Looking for suggestions on some targets to image.

We have the use of an Intes MN71 - 18cm F6 Maksutov-Newtonian on an EQ6 Pro Synscan mount with auto guider and a Canon EOS 350 in a dome

Not too fussed about planets.

Any suggestions

Hoping for clear skies.

[sungrazer]

Ring Neb. (M57) in Lyra springs to mind for starters?  See if you can get the central star?

[Martin Meredith]

You could try the Abell 2151 galaxy cluster in Hercules which might suit your FOV (head for NGC 6047). Good luck with the weather!

Martin

[reddoss]

I managed to get the Eastern Veil nebula last week at the Astrocamp star party in the Brecon Beacons in the early hours.  It is pretty low in the sky though.

[scarp15]

Depends on when you are planning next week, as there will be a waxing gibbous lighting up the sky. Evening crescent this weekend which sets I think around 1am, so ought to be OK. Plenty of globular clusters to focus attention on.

[Garethr]

We are there from Sat for 7 days so hoping to achieve at least 3 good images depending on weather.

The nice part is there are 2 experts on site to assist with tech stuff and tutorials if needed so really hoping to improve imaging skills with a couple of processing tutorials during the day. Its my perfect holiday.

Luckily SHMBO enjoys the night sky as well.

[graemlourens]

Checkout AstroPlanner (free version) you can select your targets there according to size/fov altitude and so on.

Nice way of 'filtering' until you got your perfect target.

[stevend]

Here is the Cloudy Nights calendar for May in case that gives you ideas. I note you are not too fussed about planets but I would still give Saturn a view as it is in opposition this week.

Have a good time.

[libraryman]

Narrow band filters are probably in order, I managed several 30min sub's of the Pelican nebula last week, rises nicely in the east from midnight.

Oops, Just noted your equipment, subject perhaps not suitable for your field of view.

Ray

[Gazabone]

Here's a few ideas, good luck. I write monthly plans and it should be in a table format but I can't get my iPad to reproduce it in the format, it will only do a list. It's split into different sections but lists the object, coordinates and magnitude.

Observation plan for the month of May 2015

Circumpolar section

M101

14h 03'

+54º 21'

7.7

Galaxy in Ursa Major

M108

11h 11'

+55º 40'

10.9

Galaxy in Ursa Major

M109

11h 58'

+53º 23'

10.8

Galaxy in Ursa Major

NGC 3675

11h 26'

+43º 35'

11.0

Galaxy in Ursa Major

NGC 3726

11h 33'

+47º 01'

10.9

Galaxy in Ursa Major

NGC 3877

11h 46'

+47º 29'

11.8

Galaxy in Ursa Major

NGC 4026

11h 59'

+50º 57'

11.7

Galaxy in Ursa Major

M81

09h 56'

+69º 00'

7.8

Galaxy in Ursa Major

M82

09h 56'

+69º 41'

9.2

Galaxy in Ursa Major

M40

12h 22'

+58º 05'

8.0

Double star in Ursa Major

M97

11h 15'

+55º 01'

12.0

Planetary nebula in Ursa Major

NGC 5907

15h 15'

+59º 19'

11.1

Galaxy in Draco

NGC 6543

17h 58'

+66º 37'

8.8

Planetry Nebula in Draco

Beta Cephei

21h 29'

+70º 33' 38”

0.01-0.3

Double star in Cephus

NGC 40

00h 13'

+72º 33'

10.7

Planetary Nebula in Cepheus

NGC 188

00h 44'

+85º 22'

9.3

Open Cluster in Cepheus

M52

23h 24'

+61º 35' 12”

8.2

Open cluster in Cassiopeia

M103

01h 33'

+60º 42' 6”

6.9

Open cluster in Cassiopeia

NGC 129

00h 30'

+60º 13'

9.8

Open Cluster in Cassiopeia

NGC 281

00h 53'

+56º 38'

7.4

Diffuse Nebulae in Cassiopeia

NGC 457

01h 19'

+58º 19'

5.1

Open Cluster in Cassiopeia

Eta Cassiopeiae

00h 49'

+57º 48'

3.5, 7.4

Double Star in Cassiopeia

Iota Cassiopeiae

02h 29'

+67º 24'

4.5, 7.1, 8.5, 8.9

Double Star in Cassiopeia

Alpha Ursae Minoris

02h 31'

+89º 15'

2.0, 9.1

Double Star in Ursa Minor

Garnet Star (μ (Mu) Cephei)

21h 44'

+58º 51'

3.62 - +5.0

Ruddy hue, 2 year change between mag +3.4 and +5.1 -

Month Specific Section

Seen

Date(s) seen

Object

RA

Dec

Mag

Comments

M44 Beehive Cluster

08h 40'

+19º 59'

3.9

Open Cluster in Cancer

M67

08h 50'

+11º 49'

7.3

Open Cluster in Cancer

M48

08h 14'

-05º 48'

5.5

Open Cluster in Hydra – low in sky

M68

12h 39'

-26º 45'

8.2

Glogular cluster in Hydra – low in sky

M83

13h 37'

-29º 52'

7.9

Galaxy in Hydra – low in sky

NGC 3242

10h 25'

-18º 38'

8.6

Planetay nebula in Hydra – low in sky

M65

11h 19'

+13º 05'

10.2

Galaxy in Leo

M66

11h 20'

+12º 59'

9.6

Galaxy in Leo

NGC3628

11h 21'

+13º 31'

9.5

Galaxy in Leo

M95

10h 44'

+11º 42'

10.5

Galaxy in Leo

M96

10h 47'

+11º 49'

10.1

Galaxy in Leo

M105

10h 48'

+12º 35'

10.2

Galaxy in Leo

NGC 2903

09h 32'

+21º 30'

9.6

Galaxy in Leo

M3

13h 42'

+28º 23'

6.3

Globular Cluster in Canes Venatici

M51

13h 30'

+47º 12'

8.9

Galaxy in Canes Venatici

M63

13h 16'

+42º 02'

9.3

Galaxy in Canes Venatici

M94

12h 50'

+41º 07'

8.8

Galaxy in Canes Venatici

M106

12h 19'

+47º 18'

9.1

Galaxy in Canes Venatici

NGC 4449

12h 28'

+44º 05'

10.1

Galaxy in Canes Venatici

NGC 5466

14h 05'

+28º 32'

9.2

Globular Cluster in Boőtes

NGC5248

13h 38’

+08º 53’

11.0

Galaxy in Boőtes

NGC5676

14h 33’

+49º27’

12.3

Galaxy in Boőtes

NGC5660

14h 30’

+49º 37’

11.9

Galaxy in Boőtes

M84

12h 25'

+12º 53'

10.1

Galaxy in Virgo

M86

12h 26'

+12º 57'

9.3

Galaxy in Virgo

M87

12h 31'

+12º 24'

9.5

Galaxy in Virgo

M104

12h 39'

-11º 37'

9.1

Galaxy in Virgo

NGC 4378

12h 25'

+04º 55'

12.3

Galaxy in Virgo

M53

13h 13'

18º 10'

7.7

Globular Cluster in Coma Berenices

M64

12h 57'

+21º 41'

9.3

Galaxy in Coma Berenices

M85

12h 25'

+18º 11'

9.2

Galaxy in Coma Berenices

M88

12h 32'

+14º 25'

10.3

Galaxy in Coma Berenices

M91

12h 35'

+14º 30'

10.9

Galaxy in Coma Berenices

M98

12h 14'

+14º 24'

10.9

Galaxy in Coma Berenices

M99

12h 19'

+14º 55'

10.4

Galaxy in Coma Berenices

M100

12h 23'

+15º 49'

10.1

Galaxy in Coma Berenices

NGC4559

12h 36'

+27º 57'

10.5

Galaxy in Coma Berenices

NGC4565

12h 36'

+25º 59'

10.6

Galaxy in Coma Berenices

M58

12h 38’

+11º 44’

9.8

Galaxy in Virgo

M59

12h 43’

+11º 34’

9.8

Galaxy in Virgo

M49

12h 31’

+7º 55’

8.4

Galaxy in Virgo

M60

12h 44’

+11º 28’

8.8

Galaxy in Virgo

M61

12h 23’

+4º 23’

9.7

Galaxy in Virgo

M5

15h 19’

+2º 05’

5.7

Globular Cluster in Serpens

M16

18h 19’

-13º 47’

6.0

Open Cluster in Serpens

Palomar 5

15h 16’

-00º 06’

11.8

Globular Cluster in Serpens

Solar System Section: -

Mercury

Low down on North West horizon for the first half of the month. Will fade from mag -0.3 to +0.4 during the month

Venus

Sets at about 00:30 and will pass through Tarus and Gemini. At mag -4.1 it will look bright. Will pass very close to Castor and Pollux at the end of the month.

Mars

Too close to the sun to be visible this month.

Jupiter

Located in Cancer this month setting at about 02:00. At mag -1.9 it will be outshone by nearby Venus.

Saturn

On the border of Scorpius this month so very low in the sky and relatively dim at mag +0.2. At its best at midnight on 23/5/15.

Uranus

Not visible this month because of the Sun's glare.

Neptune

Dim at mag +7.9, low in the South East. Laying in Aquarius will rise at about 03:00

Moon

4/5/15 Full.

11/5/15 Last quarter.

18/5/14 New moon.

25/5/15 First quarter.

Other objects: -

Night of 5/6 and 6/7 May 2015 – Eta Aquarid meteor shower however, moon will be up and very close to being a full moon which will spoil the show.

You may just catch comet 10P/Tempel this month although it will be rather faint brightening from mag 12.0 at the beginning of the month to mag 11.8 towards the tail end of May;

7/8 May 2015 RA 14h 24' Dec +7º 23' Mag 12.0

17/18 May 2015 RA 14h 14' Dec +7º 51' Mag 11.9

27/28 May 2015 RA 14h 05' Dec +7º 47' Mag 11.8

Early risers (or rather late to bed!) might be able to catch sight of Comet A1 (Siding Spring) heading below Draco into Ursa Major;

7/8 May 2015 RA14h 44' Dec +56° 58' Mag 11.5

17/18 May 2015 RA 14h 05' Dec +56° 25' Mag 11.8

27/28 May 2015 RA 13h 34' Dec +54° 51' Mag 12.0

[Garethr]

Blimey Iv'e only got a week 

Thanks for the replies though 

[Garethr]

Only time for a quick session last night due to fog coming in but managed a few subs of M57

This is a single 3 min sub unprocessed and converted to JPEG and cropped. Will post finished work later