Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cancer (Cnc)  ·  Contains:  IC 523
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abell 31 aka sh2 290 HOO, Ron Crouch
abell 31 aka sh2 290 HOO
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abell 31 aka sh2 290 HOO

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abell 31 aka sh2 290 HOO, Ron Crouch
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abell 31 aka sh2 290 HOO

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This image of Abell 31 is about 2/3 with the 8" F/4.6 newt and 1/3rd with the SW120 F/5 scopes. Total at tis point of 15.8 hours in 600 sec subs.. 47x600 Hz 48x600 O3.. Battling a mount issue which is being resolved now. Though quite large ~11 light years across in Cancer at distance of only 2000 light years Abell 31 is quite faint. A couple of mag 17 - 18 galaxies do show in addition to the very bright mag IC 523 in lower right. I'd love to get about 30 hours on this (with guiding fixed) to better show the really faint extended red mantle off to the left side. This is a hard one from urban skies!

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abell 31 aka sh2 290 HOO, Ron Crouch