Open Cluster NGC1746 + Asteroid Thisbe

[lukebl]

Hi.

This is an unfinished project but I thought I'd post it anyway. With several clear nights in a row forecast, I thought I'd take the opportunity to image 12th magnitude Asteroid (88) Thisbe for several nights as it conveniently sailed past the loose open cluster NGC1746 in Taurus. Perhaps make an animation of the passage.

Needless to say, the clear skies never materialised and all I got was a couple of hours on Friday night. Never bothered with an open cluster before, but I'm quite pleased with the result. I know there are those who really don't like diffraction spikes in images, but these ones aren't deliberately done in Photoshop, and an unavoidable product of the optical setup.

12 x 4 min subs, darks, flats, 250mm f/4.8 Newtonian, SW Coma Corrector, Canon 450d, NEQ6 mount, PHD guiding. Stacked in DeepSkyStacker.

Which one is the asteroid? This one:

[LunarLight]

lovely image! some clean crisp stars and the colours are awesome! well done :-)

[Taff]

Hi Luke' That's a clear capture with you nice and sharp.Mark

[lukebl]

Thanks for the comments guys.

I've noticed that there are a couple of tiny faint galaxies in there. Does anyone know where I can find out information about them (e.g. magnitude and ID)? I can find them on the ESO Digitized Sky Survey, but that's only an image without any labels. Here's a a closeup of them:

[Aggelos Kechagias]

Nice and sharp

Be carefull with your black point

[lukebl]

Managed to catch a few subs last night (3 days later). here's an animation of Thisbe's movement over the three days. Don't look at it too long or it'll do your eyes in!

[russ]

That's really excellent work Luke. Lovely images indeed.

[RobH]

Very nice.

A lovely cluster, and great colour

Cheers

Rob

[luis]

BEAUTIFULL !!!

Thanks,

Luis

[martin_h]

Thanks for the comments guys.

I've noticed that there are a couple of tiny faint galaxies in there. Does anyone know where I can find out information about them (e.g. magnitude and ID)? I can find them on the ESO Digitized Sky Survey, but that's only an image without any labels. Here's a a closeup of them:

Acording to World Wide Telescope there is NGC1750 and NGC1758 in there, weather they are the same as yours...?

[lukebl]

Martin, I think NGC1750 and 1758 are open clusters, so it can't be them.

[DrNeb]

Cracking image. Nice work.

[martin_h]

Martin, I think NGC1750 and 1758 are open clusters, so it can't be them.

You are so correct - It does show those two galaxies but they are not labled I'm afraid.

[martin_h]

Found this - NGC 1746 - Cluster / Multiple Object - WIKISKY

There is a zoomable image on the right, centre the star and zoom in to see the galaxies then mouse over them....

[Victor_MO]

Love the picture!! Great color of the stars and contrast...

[Asteroid]

Cracking images.

[Glowingsplint]

quality pics