NGC 206: Up Close (David Redwine)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Andromeda (And) · Contains: NGC 206

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NGC 206: Up Close

While killing time waiting for my target to rise above the trees I decided to add some points to the CPWI pointing model for my mount. After adding about 10 new points and weeding out some bad points I noticed that my model was now accurate to about 1 arc-minute. This gave me the idea to shoot a close-up on NGC-206.

The challenge is targeting with a 1400 mm fl scope inside a galaxy. Plate solving inside the Andromeda galaxy is difficult, but with my current pointing model I decided to try a simple point and shoot. It worked!

The OB association NGC 206 is the most conspicuous star cloud in the Andromeda Galaxy. Here it is up close. I have increased the contrast of this area to accent the dust lanes and the NGC 206 "cluster".

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Central USA
Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope (SCT) Imagers
The OSC Club (One Shot Camera)

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RA (center)	00h40m40s.160
RA (top/left)	00h42m31s.283
RA (top/right)	00h40m06s.665
RA (bottom/right)	00h38m49s.297
RA (bottom/left)	00h41m13s.410

Dec (center)	+40°42′58″.59
Dec (top/left)	+40°45′12″.84
Dec (top/right)	+41°03′08″.19
Dec (bottom/right)	+40°40′34″.96
Dec (bottom/left)	+40°22′45″.67

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