Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cancer (Cnc)  ·  Contains:  IC 523  ·  PK219+31.1  ·  Sh2-290
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SH2-290 / Abell 31, George Chappel
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SH2-290 / Abell 31

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SH2-290 / Abell 31, George Chappel
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SH2-290 / Abell 31

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My second target with the AP1100GTO-AE mount.  With nebula season starting to wind down and stuck imaging with 644mm of focal length and the small, but capable sensor of the SX694M, I decided to search for a smaller target.  My son recommended this slightly obscure target, so I gave it a shot.  Due to it being relatively faint, I ended up having to use 10-minute exposures, something I would never do with the CGEM DX due to its unpredictability to follow direction from PHD2.  I probably overdid it on the amount of data I captured, but I was on a roll and wanted to go deeper than I had with past images.

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SH2-290 / Abell 31, George Chappel