A View From My Observatory (Kurt Zeppetello)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: Benetnasch (ηUMa) · Part of the constellation Draco (Dra) · Part of the constellation Ursa Major (UMa) · Phecda (γUMa) · The constellation Canes Venatici (Cvn) · The star 23UMa · The star Alioth (εUMa) · The star Alkaid · The star Dubhe (αUMa) · The star Megrez (δUMa) · The star Merak (βUMa) · The star Mizar (ζUMa) · The star Phad · The star Thuban (αDra) · The star α2CVn

A View From My Observatory, Kurt Zeppetello

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A View From My Observatory

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The last few weeks I have been imaging several galaxies in around the Big Dipper region of Ursa Major. There are eleven Messier objects associated within this region and I have captured eight of them but only processed four so far. You may notice the trees in the way. Although I do have open sky off to the south and I have a clear opening to Polaris, directly overhead is a challenge. I have to wait for 'windows' but most are around two hours. The ones that are not are M81 and M82 which are only good for about 30 minutes. I imaged for these for 30 minutes over four nights.

There is no camera attached to the ED80 as it was being used to take this photo. If you look closely at the second star of the handle, Mizar, you can see a smaller companion star, Alcor.

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