Curdridge Observatory, Southampton,UK
Object name: SH2-69 Sharpless 69, LBN 99
Apparent RA: 18h 41m
Apparent Dec:0d 20m
Constellation: Aquila
28 Aug 2014
Poor conditions even without the Moon. Passing cloud and milky skies. I only got 5 frames @ 1200s each on this small faint but interesting looking Sharpless region in Aquila with the Artemis 490 camera on the Skywatcher 200 Newtonian and the Astrodon 3nm Ha filter
View full sized image of SH2-69 Sharpless 69, LBN 99
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This object is part of the Sharpless Catalogue of HII regions
This image was autoguided using my homemade off axis guider with Lodestar.
Imaged with my homemade telescope mount
Exposure Details :
Astrodon 3nm Ha Coma Corrector 4x1200s on 200 @ F5 f.l. 1000 with Artemis 429 camera
Equipment:
Skywatcher 200 Newt (upgraded with OO Hilux secondary)
Sky 90 Refractor
Homemade focus motor
Homemade filterwheel / OAG combo with Lodestar guide camera
Atik 490 CCD camera
Homemade Telescope mount
Curdridge Observatory, Southampton,UK