💾 Archived View for shizy.srht.site › daily › 2024-01-06.gmi captured on 2024-09-29 at 00:41:46. Gemini links have been rewritten to link to archived content
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- Condition: G7
- Location: Home, Spearfish: 44.49, -103.87
Had a small window of visibility between cloud fronts.
- Target: NGC 253, Sculptor Galaxy
- Const: Sculptor
- RaDec: 00h47m -25°17
- Type: Galaxy
- Scope: AT102ED
- Setting: 55x
../images/2024-01-06_NGC253.jpg
I could just barely see it over Butch's rooftop. I had about a 30 minute window to view between his tree and his roof, and I was lucky to catch it. AV is not required for detection (I could detect it in the finder-scope). It is a long, mostly edge-on galaxy. The brightness tapers off linearly from the center to the edges, and AV does not seem to help increase the size at all. I'm marking this one down for a revisit in the future from darker skies.
- Target: NGC 246, Skull Nebula
- Const: Cetus
- RaDec: 00h47m -11°52
- Type: Planetary Nebula
- Scope: AT102ED
- Setting: 55x, Ultrablock, AV
../images/2024-01-06_NGC246.jpg
AV lends a little definition to the shape and gives the impression that it might not be perfectly circular.
I had a few more targets for tonight, but the clouds started rolling in, bummer.
