Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  Christmas Tree Cluster  ·  NGC 2264  ·  The star 15Mon
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Cone nebula - testing out Align Master, Dan Kordella

Cone nebula - testing out Align Master

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Cone nebula - testing out Align Master, Dan Kordella

Cone nebula - testing out Align Master

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First time trying out Align Master for polar aligning. It took some getting used to (and I did have some beginner's difficulties - the program picks two stars for you and that a lot of the "best" choices were in Cassiopeia, which is very hard to get this time of year, especially if horizons are obscured by trees), but I was able to get a couple iterations and decided to fire away. I thought a series of 15-minute exposures would be a good test of the goodness of the polar alignment.

It's really too late in the year for this object, and it was sinking into the muck of the horizon while imaging.

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Cone nebula - testing out Align Master, Dan Kordella

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