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Wide-field in Lynx constellation - no particular target, John Carroll
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Wide-field in Lynx constellation - no particular target

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Wide-field in Lynx constellation - no particular target, John Carroll
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Wide-field in Lynx constellation - no particular target

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I very much hesitated to post this image.   There was no target.  Just a wide field of view without a target.   

Last night it was very cold (4°F at 4 am) and I could not find a target that wasn't imaging in the tree branches (I have a very narrow window of sky visible from this location).   So I decided to image a random wide field in the constellation Lynx.   As it turns out, there are at least 5 named galaxies in this field and likely more.   Originally took 80 x 300 sec (at f/4 with extreme light pollution caused by fresh snow in city), but had to delete 16 due to imaging in tree branches.   Anyway, this was also a test of this equipment in cold weather - everything worked very well, no problems with 4°F (-15.6°C).   Interesting experience.

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Wide-field in Lynx constellation - no particular target, John Carroll