NGC 292 (SMC) in HSO (Paul Muller)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Tucana (Tuc) · Contains: IC 1655 · IC 1662 · NGC 220 · NGC 222 · NGC 231 · NGC 242 · NGC 248 · NGC 249 · NGC 256 · NGC 261 · NGC 265 · NGC 267 · NGC 269 · NGC 290 · NGC 292 · NGC 294 · NGC 299 · NGC 306 · NGC 330 · NGC 346 · NGC 361 · NGC 371 · NGC 416 · NGC 419 · Small Magellanic Cloud

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NGC 292 (SMC) in HSO

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NGC 292 (SMC) in HSO

Since starting in the hobby just over a year ago, pretty much every image I've taken has been at 2000mmm+ focal length - whether that's with my "gateway drug" 8-inch LX90 or my "why did I do this to myself" 12" GSO RCT or my "why didn't I do this earlier" 12.5-inch Planewave CDK - heck even my use of iTelescope has always been about getting up close and personal with objects astronomical.

Until one-day I came across a second-hand Takahashi FSQ-106ED for sale and I thought "let's see what all the fuss is about".

Simply put, I now get it and I'm hooked.

This is my first and only image with the scope so far, the pixel peepers will notice that there's some image tilt that I suspect means I need to adjust the camera angle and, sadly, the objective lens appears to have been eaten by bugs, so it's off to Japan for a new lens and I don't expect I will see it for a year or so based on their current backlog! (the hawk eyed will also see a few hot pixels, due in part to me forgetting that I had changed the camera binning from my usual 2x to 1x given the shorter focal length and my darks don't seem to have processed correctly - I'll have to fix that in post at some later stage).

So, for your enjoyment, I present to you, our near neighbour, In all her narrowband glory, the magnificent Small Magellanic Cloud - hastily thrown together by me.

*** I do all my processing in APP, I am sure if I learned PI or Photoshop I woudl be able to get more from my data! ***

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Status	Advanced success
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Astrometry.net job	5041210
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	00h56m08s.42
RA (top/left)	00h41m22s.39
RA (top/right)	00h37m36s.62
RA (bottom/right)	01h13m12s.00
RA (bottom/left)	01h12m23s.63

Dec (center)	-72°33′41″.0
Dec (top/left)	-71°13′32″.4
Dec (top/right)	-73°41′54″.3
Dec (bottom/right)	-73°49′05″.7
Dec (bottom/left)	-71°19′49″.9

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