January 12, 2008

Later church meetings on Sunday and a clear sky Saturday night meant I could spend some time imaging. I was hopeful to go to the dark sky sites where club members were gathered, but my bride preferred me to be home, and I was able to see my kids, too. I saw some great things in the sky, though! I collected my first images of the Horsehead Nebula! I had never seen it before Saturday either visually or through the camera! Also, I collected images of NGC 2903. I'll post these later when they are processed. I also obtained data from the Cone Nebula, but I'm not sure how it will come out. If it works, I'll post it. If not, maybe next time. Preliminarily, that one looks like a good candidate for longer exposures and auto-guiding.