Not the Garnet Star

[Scooot]

I knew I’d missed my intended target but until I’d plate solved this with Astrometry.net I wasn’t sure what I’d captured. I was doubled up trying to get on the Garnet Star.

Anyway, glad I processed it, I’ve found it quite interesting. I’ve actually caught quite a few red giants, the most prominent one being HR7633. This is not in the same league as the Garnet Star but still very large, about 74 times the diameter of our sun making it circa 103 million miles across, 2/3 of the way to Earth. It’s also 916 light years from our solar system, which seems a long way until viewed in the context of our galaxy, then it looks just next door, which is mind boggling.

Which brings me on to the other Galaxy I’ve caught near the top, the Fireworks Galaxy, which is a distance 22 million light years and about a third of the size of the Milky Way. Quite pleased it’s arms are clearly showing. NGC 6939 next to it is also showing well.

The Image is 30 one minute exposures with my canon 450dslr & Samyang 135mm F2 at F2.8 ISO400 on the Star Adventurer.