We had a cold frosty, and very clear. Early Winter sky on 2017- 12 -11 It was very welcome too. I was itching to finally capture some more ancient light, from the Whirlpool control room here in Cheshire.
Because of the poor weather. I have not been outside since my last post. When I imaged the Cocoon nebula. How long ago was that!
It seems the British Weather is not getting better. I well remember times when, as a kid. We had cold frosty day's that lasted all day and into the night. That was the 1970s and 1980s.
How I long for a cold front to pass, with a lovely "High" that can bring frosty nights. For CCD imaging.
Onto NGC 383
Here is a picture of a very unfamiliar (to me) chain of Galaxies.
This is a chain of 12.5 magnitude galaxies in the constellation of the Northern Fish or "Pisces" I made a mental note to image this small group. After seeing other pictures, and finding reference to the galaxy group on the web.
It is a nice galaxy group that is very suitable for imaging, using my Altair Wave 115 EDT and Atik 428ex CCD camera.
NGC 383 is a double radio galaxy with a quasar-like appearance. It is listed in Halton C. Arp's 1966 "The Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies.
Magnitude: 13.38
Constellation: Pisces
Apparent size (V): 2.34´X1.95´
Apparent magnitude (V): 13.4
Redshift: 0.017005
Distance: 209,000,000 ly; 64 Mpc
I have listed all the objects visible in the field, copied from "Observing Selected, Small Galaxy Groups" by Alvin Huey.
Really nice image Paul. What was your exposure pattern ?
ReplyDeleteMike (O'Hare)
Hi Mike,
ReplyDeleteI took a 15 min exposure first to see how good my guiding was. Then settled on 6 x 600 seconds for the rest of this shoot. The 15 min sub showed slightly eggy stars.
Then. During stacking, I added Flats and Bias frames.
Processing in Startools and CS5.