Hickson 44 - first light with Celestron EdgeHD 1100 (Göran Nilsson)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Leo (Leo) · Contains: HD89086 · NGC 3185 · NGC 3187 · NGC 3189 · NGC 3190 · NGC 3193

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It is a bit embarrasing that my first light with this biggish SCT comes four years after I bought it from OPT in San Diego while I was visiting friends in Anchorage. I brought it back in the check-in luggage (scary!). At least at the time this scope was much cheaper in the US than over here, and that was probably the major reason for why I bought it back then. The scope survived the luggage handling, but I must have been too attached to my refractors since this SCT never ended up on my mount until now. Collimation was essentially spot on from start and I am rather pleased with the first light. Caught over two days as astro darkness is soon gone up here.

Hickson 44 (HCG 44) is a group of galaxies in the constellation Leo. As Arp 316, a part of this group is also designated as group of galaxies in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies.

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RA (center)	10h17m59s.360
RA (top/left)	10h19m47s.861
RA (top/right)	10h17m06s.914
RA (bottom/right)	10h16m10s.413
RA (bottom/left)	10h18m51s.409

Dec (center)	+21°50′20″.83
Dec (top/left)	+21°54′27″.12
Dec (top/right)	+22°12′52″.10
Dec (bottom/right)	+21°46′09″.50
Dec (bottom/left)	+21°27′35″.45

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