NGC 891 test shot unidentified fuzzie

[thing]

I was just testing the tracking on my HEQ5 by taking some unguided 4 minute shots of NGC 891 (trailed a bit actually) but theres another fuzzie to the right and down, does anyone know what it is? Looks like there may be some more blobs, elliptical galaxies maybe(?) at the bottom too.

3x4 mins at prime focus.

(click to enlarge)

Edit: after a bit of searching I think the small spiral is NGC 898 and the two at the bottom are NGC 906 and NGC 910.

[Talitha]

Dave, here's a screen capture from the Sky Tools program. The NGC numbers are listed along with their magnitudes (in parenthesis). The encircled galaxy group is identified as AGC 347.

Nice catch!

[LostNSpace]

Nice capture on NGC891 Dave......

Mark

[thing]

Thanks, it was just a test shot, not meant to be an actual image as such. Carol, thanks for the screen capture, I'm quite suprised that it caught mag 14 fuzzies with just 12 minutes.

[CELESCOPE]

Very nice image Dave , ,the galaxy looks great in that FOV . nice work

Rog

[Talitha]

I'm quite suprised that it caught mag 14 fuzzies with just 12 minutes.

Makes me wonder what you'd catch if you purposefully went after AGC 347 some night. 8)

(wink-wink nudge-nudge )

[Psychobilly]

Hi Dave,

Take it the "gizmos" working ok then... How did you ever manage without one what delay are you using between subs?

Billy...

[thing]

Thanks Rog.

Carol I'll have to look that up, I don't even know what it is!

Billy, yes, I think probably the best bit of kit I've bought!! I have two cards as well so I take subs on one subject, go out when it's finished, change the card, set it off again and go in and start processing the first card while the camera is doing it's stuff with the second card. Between subs it depends on how many stars there are. I find something like the Double needs about a minute's delay while the camera does it's processing thing but something dim like 891 needs about 10 seconds.

[Talitha]

It's the big galaxy cluster in the screen shot...

you already got a few of them on your 891 capture.

[thing]

Ah yes, just noticed on your star map......... :oops: