What should I try to take a photo of tonight?

[pipnina]

I'm unmotorized, but my 105mm f2.8 seems to be producing some nice results as long as I use ~4 second exposures. Last night I pointed it somewhere in the milky way and found that I would struggle to process an image which had the milky way cover the whole field.

My current ideas are:

• Andromeda galaxy (Should be fairly easy, right?)
• M101 & surrounding area. Could be good, but maybe the target is a little small?
• Heart & soul nebulae.
• Veil nebula. Perhaps a bit dim, also rather high up & possibly difficult to point at with a regular tripod?

Suggestions from that list and other possibilities well welcome

 

Thanks!

[vlaiv]

+1 for Veil complex widefield - probably the most challenging, but why not give it a go?

[ronin]

Looking a the predictions and Sat24, I would guess your option will be the cloud layer that is accompanying the low pressire weather front that is coming in from the North West.