Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  NGC 891
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NGC 891, Simon
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NGC 891

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NGC 891

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I keep battling away with the new 8" classic Cassegrain, and finally I got some decent guiding, although it is touch and go and further refinements are needed, as well as getting the spacing correct - I am struggling a bit with misshapen stars. That said, I am happy I got this! I very much like the small FOV through using this scope, because it makes tinier objects effectively larger, although it means my alignment needs to be spot on, otherwise the object will not appear in the FOV! We are slowly getting there...

I took 74 luminances, 20 reds, 18 greens and 16 blues, all at 3 minutes exposure time. This equates to 6 hours and 24 minutes imaging time. The weather here at the moment is appalling, and the cloud will not shift - this having been taken 2 weeks ago. Anyway, I hope you like it and thanks everyone. Simon  :   )

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NGC 891, Simon