Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  M 99  ·  NGC 4254  ·  Pin-wheel nebula
Newbie attemp at EAA, Wade Hathaway
Newbie attemp at EAA
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Newbie attemp at EAA

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My first EEA attempt at M99. My main hobby is EEA, doing captures for a record and basic analysis. This image is what I was actually observing on my screen. (I think I marvel at the patience of astrophotographers as much as I marvel their results! ) M99 was easy to find this night and the seeing was initially very good being in the high 30s F. But as the temperatures began to plummet to the mid 20s, keeping a clear image was a challenge. I am pretty sure I could have gotten a better image with live stacking (I use SharpCap), but I haven't quite figured the software out yet. This is a capture of a SharpCap single frame although the imager itself was internally stacking six 5.12 sec frames.

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Newbie attemp at EAA, Wade Hathaway