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Thu/Fri, July 19/20, 2001

After being frustrated by clouds last night (clear in the morning, cirrus arrived in the afternoon and didn't leave!), clear skies finally arrived just before sunset when the cirrus magically moved out from north to south.

I did more one-shot colour imaging after setting up the scope shortly after midnight (had a slice & a Brio at the local Pizza Pizza first!).

The sky was a little murky in the south (no stars visible to the naked eye in Aquarius!) but I managed to get some interesting planetary nebula images of NGC6818, NGC7009, and NGC 7026. I also imaged M73 and did test shots of M72, M30, NGC7148, 7293, 6960, 7048, and 7635.

The Little Gem Nebula (NGC 6818) 7½ minutes (15 x 30s)
NGC6818
Scope: 10" f/6.3 LX200
Camera: "B" chip MX5C.

The Saturn Nebula (NGC 7009) 20¼ minutes (28x30s, 25x15s)
NGC 7009
Scope: 10" f/6.3 LX200
Camera: "B" chip MX5C.
6¼ minutes July 14/15 and 14 minutes July 19/20.

M 73 5 minutes (10 x 30s)
M73
Scope: 10" f/6.3 LX200
Camera: "B" chip MX5C.

NGC 7026 22 minutes (44 x 30s)
NGC 7026
Scope: 10" f/6.3 LX200
Camera: "B" chip MX5C.