Hoegaarden Astronomy & Photography
Finally again some clear nights… with the observatory nearing completion, I could focus a bit more on actual imaging and fine tuning the optical setup.
The GM1000 mount carries the 180mm F/15 Maksutov, and with a Astropysics CCDT67 reducer, I’m experimenting to image @ F12 with an APS 2600MC camera. The focuser is an Esatto 2″.
M106 69x120s or 2hrs 18mins, good detail in the core, but weaker outer spiral arms
Tsuchinshan-Atlas C/2023 in Virgo, 36×60 seconds.
This little comet now roams the constellation Virgo, at a modest brightness of m10.5
It was discovered only last January, by both Tsuchinshan and the ATLAS facility in South Africa.
There is some excitement, as the comet has the potential to become naked-eye later this year. Perihelion is late September.
Imaged for 30x60s C14 F7 ASI2600MM monochrome.
SQM was 20.40 but later that night increased to 20.70!
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