Starry sky image - 11.4.2015 at 23.30 Nastola Observation number 36889

Visibility IV / V

Mika Kontiainen, Lahden Ursa

I decided to test the functionality of the camera and a standard telephoto lens on a tracking stand. The combination worked great and the exposures of about two minutes from different subjects went quite well.

Figure 1: Venus and the Pleiades

Figure 2: Vega

Figure 3: M13

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Additional information

Observation target
- Starry sky image
- Näyttävä
Constellation
- Taurus

Star clusters and asterisms
- Globular cluster
  
  Globular cluster is a ball-shaped group of thousand of stars. Typically it looks like a round fuzzy spot. With bigger instruments a part of the stars in the cluster can be seen as sepaterated.
  
  The globular cluster 47 Tucanae is located in Tucana. Image Arto Oksanen.
  
  The globular cluster M13 is in Hercules. Image Rauno Päivinen.
  
  The globular cluster M2 in Aquarius. Image Timo Inkinen.
- Open cluster
  
  Open cluster is an irregular group of tens or hundreds of stars. It can be visible as separate stars or a bit fuzzy spot with small instrument.
  
  There is the open cluster M52 on the right edge of the image. The red emission nebula is the Bubble Nebula. Image Jyrki Grönroos.
  
  The open cluster M45 aka Pleyades. Image Juha Parvio.
  
  The pair of the open clusters NGC 869 and NGC 884 aka the Double Cluster in Perseus. Image Lauri Kangas.
  
  M34 is also an open cluster in Perseus. Image Teppo Laitinen.
  
  The Wild Duck Cluster M11 is an exceptional dense open cluster. Image Jaakko Asikainen.
  
  The Ptolemy's Cluster M7 is located in a rich-star area of The Milky Way in Sagittarius. Image Toni Veikkolainen.

Technical information

Canon EOS 6D, Tamron 300mm f / 5.6, Sky-Watcher NEQ-5

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Starry sky image - 11.4.2015 at 23.30 Nastola Observation number 36889