A nice Couple in Auriga (astropical)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Auriga (Aur) · Contains: 14 Aur · 16 Aur · 17 AR Aur · 18 Aur · 19 Aur · AE Aur · Flaming Star Nebula · IC 405 · IC 410 · NGC 1893 · Sh2-229 · Sh2-230 · Sh2-236 · The star 14 Aur · The star 16 Aur · The star 17 Aur · The star 18 Aur · The star 19 Aur

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A nice Couple in Auriga

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A nice Couple in Auriga

What is the most valuable astro tool? Yes, a hair dryer. When your hygrometer says 'Hi' to you then you need one (or a decent dew tape). I didn't catch seeing at its best but saddled the Samyang 135mm with an Uranus-C onto the mount, the perfect team to embrace both IC 405 and IC 410 in Auriga with a pleasing amount of space around. Unfortunately, quad or dual band filter won't work with a short focal length generating a nimbus around stars (in addition to a fogged lens), so I consoled myself with an UV/IR-Cut filter which was fine.

The final image is with reduced stars, Rev B is as-is.

The vista of Orion was taken in parallel on an SA-Pro mount, obviously outsmarted by a fogged lens. It was a test with a new used lens, a Nikon 35mm DX f1.8 wide open catching a lot of comets at the periphery. Next time, the lens will be stopped down to f2.8 which may help make round comets.

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Title: Test with Nikon 35mm f/1.8

Description: Nikon D5500, 35mm lens at f/1.8, 120 x 60 sec at ISO800, LPR

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RA (center)	05h18m51s.64
RA (top/left)	05h05m33s.73
RA (top/right)	05h22m50s.22
RA (bottom/right)	05h31m56s.92
RA (bottom/left)	05h14m37s.72

Dec (center)	+33°44′53″.2
Dec (top/left)	+34°22′22″.8
Dec (top/right)	+31°03′06″.3
Dec (bottom/right)	+33°02′06″.0
Dec (bottom/left)	+36°26′05″.10

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