A Gemini DSO Twin

[Craney]

Evening all,

Quite nippy here last night with a  hard frost in Harrogate.   The air was surprisingly damp which coated most optical surfaces pretty quick but this was combated with heater strips turned up to eleven.  Scudding medium level cloud over the NE to NW  horizons  made me focus on Gemini and  I picked out an old favourite ( a twin in itself)  M35 with NGC 2158 ,  and a new object for me ... the Medusa nebula.

Here are the results, imaged with an ATIK 414ex mono at -20'C  with an Equinox 80mm  on an NEQ6.  ( Phd2 and EQMOD )

M35 and NGC 2158 . Two open clusters with  NGC2158 being the more compact and older of the two.   (LRGB  30secs subs..L=20min,RGB=8 mins)

The Medusa Nebula  ( Sharpless 2-274) .  An old planetary nebula discovered by George O. Abell In 1955.   ( Ha-OIII  - 3mins subs   60min on both.... not much pulled out on the Oiii channel).

Looks like I need a bit more FL to get at the fibrous ( and probably venomous )  detail.

 

Sean.

Edited December 18, 2019 by Craney