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Sat/Sun August 21/22, 1999

My eighth night of imaging on the front porch in Oshawa. I tried to set up at dusk, but then cloud rolled in and covered most of the sky (including Polaris!). I was tired anyway, so I set the alarm for 1am and went to bed. When I woke up, the sky was clear. The moon was due to go down shortly after 2am, leaving about 2½ hours of dark sky.

Tonight I imaged NGC 7479 in Pegasus and M76 in Perseus. It looks like 7479 will need a good 60 minutes of exposure, and M76 will need 20-30 minutes to get a real killer image. Still, the M76 image I got tonight is pretty nice...

M76 14 minutes (28 x 30s)
M76, 14 minutes
A not-bad M76 from the city...

NGC 7479 23 minutes (46 x 30s)
NGC 7479, 23 minutes
This low surface brightness galaxy needs probably 60 minutes...