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Elan Valley Magic updated with image (and another!)


clarkpm4242

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Last Monday.  A dry easterly wind had blown away the clouds leaving the clearest of skies.  Set up at the top of Claerwen Dam.  Dark and remote.  The Milky Way shimmered on the water to the sound of the water cascading into the valley.


Using a TMB 92 f5.5 APO, 31 mm Nagler and UHC filter as required.


A big voyage along the Milky Way.
M26 and M11 a little too low down for their best in Scutum.  NGC 6633 and IC4756 fitting in the same field.  Barnard’s ’E’ in Aquila darkly silhouetted against a starry background.  The Coathanger easily fitting in the large 5 degree field.  Stars pinpoint.
M71 stood out well in Vulpecula and the Dumbell a gem.


In with the UHC filter.
The Veil Nebula was awesome!!!  Both main components and Pickering’s Triangle visible in the same view.  Spent ages looking at this.  Could also get Gienah in the same field making an amazing context for the Veil and Cygnus.
The North America and Pelican nebulae billowed in the wide field.


Cassiopeia clusters…NGC 7789, Caroline Herschel’s find is beautiful dust.  M52, the Owl Cluster, NGC 663 and M103 filled the eyepiece with a starry show.  The Pacman nebula glowed faintly.
Scooting off to Andromeda, 3 ½ degrees or more wide.  Dark lanes, star associations.  M33 a haze with a hint of a swirl.


The Double Cluster!!  Pinpoint diamonds.  Not forgetting Stock 2.
Alpha Persei Cluster was a loose splashy cluster.  Kemble’s Cascade flowed gently across the eye.


The Auriga Messiers M38, 36 and 37 hung above the hillside.  Magic.


Just because we could, we spun around and about picking up Messier globulars – 30, 2, 15, 92 and 13, Messier galaxies – 51, 101 and 74.
Returned to The Veil for a final eyeful.
Two hours of heaven, from an amazing location.


P.S.  This was a special night and I just had to write something down.  We returned to our scopes back at our accommodation and at one point had The Horsehead visible in 16, 10 & 8 ¾” dobsonians at the same time, with and without UHC filters.  The RASC Finest NGC List guided us through the remainder of the night.

Thanks for being here.

Paul
 

Image by my cousin Dave. First cut processing.

Claerwen Milky Way.jpg

Claerwen Milky Way 1.jpg

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