Asteroid 8 Flora in the Leo Triplet: A montage of the transit of NGC3628 (the Hamburger galaxy) by asteroid 8 Flora over the nights I was able to see it nearing the Leo triplet of galaxies. Each red, green and blue data set comprised 6 x 2min subs taken with an ASI 533 MM Pro camera and mono filter set using a Sky-Watcher Esprit 80mm refractor fitted with a field flattener. The delay between data sets served to provide tri-colour markers denoting the asteroid's position as it made its way towards and passed through the centre of the Hamburger galaxy. The four nights data were star aligned and a merge mosaic was made in Pixinsight to produce the montage. Conditions over the four nights were not the best however, with hazy skies and a bright waxing gibbous moon close-by to contend with.
M3 (NGC5272): A 1 hour RGB integration of 30s subs (90 images in total) of this globular cluster in the constellation of Canes Venatici. Data was acquired with an ASI 533 MM Pro camera and mono filter set using a Sky-Watcher Esprit 80mm refractor fitted with a field flattener and was integrated and processed in Pixinsight.
SH2 73 faint nebula in Hercules: A one hour RGB integration of an area of sky not often imaged taken on the morning of 11th April. This was just a quick test image to assess suitability for a lengthier data acquisition and as suspected this proved that I would need many more hours to do it justice at a time of night not plagued by satellites!
Chris Bowden
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