HFG-1 & Abell 6 (Jack Groves)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas) · Contains: HD17631 · HD18137 · HD18565 · PK136+04.1 · PK136+05.1

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HFG-1 & Abell 6

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HFG-1 & Abell 6

When I decided to purchase my Newtonian, part of my reasoning was to have a telescope that had relatively strong light gathering capability so that I could shoot fainter objects than I was previously able to do with my refractors.

The objects I most enjoy shooting are broadband targets especially reflection and dark nebulae but shooting from the city makes these objects a challenge, and even with deep integrations they never turn out with the quality that I really aim for. Narrowband is usually an “easier” option for me as I can cut out a good amount of the light pollution.

As I began this project I was encouraged by my first 600s Oiii frame. The shell of Abell 6 was faintly visible and there was definitely stronger signal where I knew HFG-1 to be. I decided to go very deep on the project and ended up capturing over 100 hours of Ha and Oiii data, and then added an extra night of RGB which I used for my stars. These objects are extremely dim and I think for my conditions this is the best I can do. I’ve edited the data multiple times now and have decided to call an end to this project which ironically I was able to complete on the last day of 2023.

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RA (center)	03h00m05s.243
RA (top/left)	02h52m12s.178
RA (top/right)	03h04m56s.296
RA (bottom/right)	03h08m07s.441
RA (bottom/left)	02h54m58s.467

Dec (center)	+64°49′17″.56
Dec (top/left)	+64°33′32″.97
Dec (top/right)	+64°06′37″.20
Dec (bottom/right)	+65°03′24″.48
Dec (bottom/left)	+65°31′20″.54

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