While I was waiting for Auriga to rise (where the tadpoles lurk), I took a few frames of the Moon, a possible comet (289P/Blanpain,if it is one) and M31 Andromeda galaxy. I finished off with a very few frames of Horsehead nebula, before the clouds rolled in.
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Is the fuzzy blob a comet ? (lower right, on the satellite track) |
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M31 Andromeda Galaxy |
Wikipedia: The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224 and originally the Andromeda Nebula, is a spiral galaxy approximately 780 kiloparsecs (2.5 million light-years) from Earth, and the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way.
The mass of the Andromeda Galaxy is of the same order of magnitude as that of the Milky Way, at a trillion solar masses (1012M☉). The Andromeda Galaxy has a diameter of about 220,000 light-years.
The number of stars contained in the Andromeda Galaxy is estimated at one trillion (1×1012), or roughly twice the number estimated for the Milky Way.
Views of the terminator in a first quarter Moon:
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First Quarter Moon |
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Aristoteles and Eudoxus craters, to the north of the Lunar Alps, with the Vallis Alpes (Alpine Valley). |
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Mare Serenitatis to the upper right, part of the Mare Imbrium to the lower left |
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Mare Vaporum, upper left |
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Albategnius, upper left, Werner towards the centre (thought the 'X' is not clearly visible :0() |
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First quarter mosaic |
And the tadpoles....
NGC 1893 is an open cluster in the constellation Auriga. It is about 12,400 light years away. The star cluster is embedded in the HII region IC 410.
The 'tadpoles' are only just visible. left of centre (red blobs are the heads). More data needed.
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Horsehead Nebula in Orion |
This is still based on far too little data, but Orion isn't getting into a position where I can photograph it until around midnight and each time, thats when the clouds are appearing. I will keep adding data.
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