Coma Star Cluster

[saturn5]

Sky cleared at around 2 this morning so i dived out at got set up.

Set the remote for 30x90sec images and went inside,popped out about 20mins later and the fog had decended.

Managed to get 10x90sec which is better than nowt i suppose.

Darks,flats and bias for each light frame.

Canon 350d piggybacked using 75-300mm lens at 140mm

Managed to get NGC4565 and another faint fuzzy,any ideas?its at about 8 o'clock.

[661-pete]

Managed to get NGC4565 and another faint fuzzy,any ideas?its at about 8 o'clock.

NGC 4559. Which is another nice galaxy worth imaging through a 'scope, especially for all the multitude of faint background fuzzies in the field.

Nice clear presentation of the cluster, not often shown this way (is it a true cluster or an asterism?). Most people who widefield Coma go down the bottom right where all the galaxies are!

PS: I see you did this over a week ago. Guess we won't be seeing many 2am sorties in current weather!

[saturn5]

Thanks Pete,weather hasn't been too bad with us but the moon is getting a bit bright now,hopefully next week.