Two in the View OP - Late Fall thru Late Winter

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Two in the View Observing Program - Late Fall thru Winter
00h–09h
A photo journey of my observing adventures with the SeeStar S50 all-in-one telescope/camera.
All images were taken at Deerlick Astronomy Village (DAV) in Crawfordville GA, 33.553879, -82.761069 or
at Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center (CEWC) in Mansfield GA, 33.468865, -83.735319. All times are local.
Two images are included for each target. First is the initial framing shot with targets labeledor a similar substitute with labels;
the second is an unlabeled image with slightly longer exposure - this is the "prettier one".
Images were only briefly processed with (1) an auto denoise inTopaz and (2) a curves & HDR tweak in Photoshop CS5.
For a few large FOV targets, Microsoft I.C.E was used to make a mosaic of multiple frames.

Observed for the Astronomical League's Two in the View Observing Program's imaging certificate
Marie Lott, Atlanta, GA
Updated 07/21/24 11:16 AM -0400

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Observing list targets #1–26
21 objects observed
includes DIY combos

Loc

Date
Time

Conditions

Framing Image
with labels

Final
Image

NGC

Magnitude

Type

Dec

Constellation

Notes

Best
Month

DAV

2/2/2024
20:55

S4/5
T3/5
56°F

133, 146, King14

9.4 9.1 8.5

OC/OC/OC

00h 31m 18s

63 21' 12''

Cassiopeia

10 Oct

DAV

1/31/2024
20:33

S2.5/5
T4/5
41°F

147 185

10.5 10.1

gal/gal

00h 33m 12s

48 30' 28''

Cassiopeia

10 Oct

DAV

1/4/2024
20:24, 20:36, 20:43
(three images, stitched)

S2.5/5
T4/5
41°F

M31 M32 M110

4.4 9.0 8.9

galaxies

00h 42m 44s

41 16' 08''

Andromeda

10 Oct

DAV

2/2/2024
20:00

S4/5
T3/5
56°F

457, Phi Cass, 436

6.4 10.2 8.8

OC/dbl star/OC

01h 19m 33s

58 17' 24''

Cassiopeia

10 Oct

584 596 600 615

11.4 11.8
12.9 12.5

galaxies

01h 31m 21s

-06 52' 07''

Cetus

10 Oct

672 IC1727

11.5 12.1

gal/gal

01h 47m 31s

27 19' 39"

Triangulum

10 Oct

680 691

11.9 11.4

gal/gal

01h 50m 42s

21 45' 35"

Aries

11 Nov

DAV

1/5/2024
00:26

S3/5
T3/5
28°F

869 884

5.3 6.1

OC/OC

02h 19m 04s

57 08' 06''

Perseus

Double
Cluster

11 Nov

891 910

10.8 12.1

gal/gal

02h 25m 26s

41 49' 27"

Andromeda

11 Nov

1042 1052 1035

11.6 10.4 12.9

galaxies

02h 40m 24s

-08 26' 02''

Cetus

11 Nov

DAV

1/31/2024
21:35

S2.5/5
T4/5
41°F

1023 IC239

10.4 11.8

gal/gal

02h 40m 24s

39 03' 46"

Perseus

11 Nov

DAV

1/4/2024
19:52

S3/5
T3/5
39°F

M77 1055

9.6 11.4

gal/gal

02h 42m 40s

00 00' 48"

Cetus

11 Nov

DAV

2/2/2024
21:30

S4/5
T3/5
56°F

1325 1332

12.2 11.3

gal/gal

03h 26m 17s

-21 20' 09"

Eridanus

12 Dec

DAV

2/2/2024
19:45

S4/5
T3/5
56°F

NGC1400 NGC1407 NGC1383 NGC1393 NGC1394 with labels

1400 1407 1383 1393 1394

10.9 10.7 12.5 12.0 12.7

galaxies

03h 39m 31s

-18 41' 17"

Eridanus

12 Dec

DAV

1/31/2024
21:09

S2.5/5
T4/5
41°F

1807 1817

7.0 7.7

OC/OC

05h 10m 46s

16 30' 48"

Taurus

01 Jan

DAV

2/2/2024
23:42

S4/5
T3/5
56°F

M38 1907

6.4 8.2

OC/OC

05h 28m 43s

35 51' 18"

Auriga

01 Jan

CEWC

1/30/2024
19:20

S2/5
T3/5
50°F

M42 M43
Trapezium

3.0 9.0
5/6.8/6.7

neb/neb/OC

05h 35m 00s

-5 25' 00''

Orion

Orion
Nebula

01 Jan

DAV

1/31/2024
21:25
(2 images, stitched)

S4/5
T3/5
56°F

M35 2158 IC2157

5.1 8.6 8.4

OC/OC/OC

06h 09m 00s

24 21' 00"

Gemini

01 Jan

DAV

2/2/2024
23:11

S4/5
T3/5
56°F

IC2163 2207

12.6 11.6

gal/gal

06h 16m 29s

-21 22' 34"

Canis Major

01 Jan

DAV

2/2/2024
23:35

S4/5
T3/5
56°F

2252 2244

7.7 4.8

OC/OC

06h 32m 19s

04 51' 24"

Monoceros

In the
Rosette

01 Jan

DAV

1/31/2024
20:52

S4/5
T3/5
56°F

2251 2254

7.3 9.1

OC/OC

06h 34m 39s

08 22' 00"

Monoceros

01 Jan

DAV

1/31/2024
20:43

S4/5
T3/5
56°F

2335 2343

7.2 6.7

OC/OC

07h 06m 50s

-10 01' 42"

Monoceros

02 Feb

DAV

1/31/2024
20:59

S4/5
T3/5
56°F

2395 PK205+14.1

8 11.3

OC/PN

07h 27m 13s

13 36' 30"

Gemini

Medusa
Nebula

02 Feb

DAV

2/2/2024
21:37

S4/5
T3/5
56°F

2276 2300

11.9 12.1

gal/gal

07h 27m 17s

85 45' 20"

Cepheus

02 Feb

DAV

1/4/2024
23:50

S3/5
T3/5
28°F

2438 M46

10.1 6.1

PN/OC

07h 41m 47s

-14 48' 36"

Puppis

PN is inside
the OC

02 Feb

DAV

2/2/2024
20:24

S4/5
T3/5
56°F

2655 2715

11 11.8

gal/gal

08h 55m 39s

78 13' 28"

Camelopardalis

02 Feb

114.13

DAV

12/3/21
01:56
Malliancam DS10c
+ C8 @ f/7

S3/5
T4/5
cold

598(M33) 604
many others

5.8 12

gal/gal

01h 35m 14s

30 47' 10"

Triangulum

Triangulum
Gx group

11 Nov

114.14

DAV

12/23/21
20:28
Malliancam DS10c
+ C8 @ f/7

S3/5
T4/5
cold

1087 1090 1094

10.9 11.9
13.5

gal/gal/gal

02h 47m 41s

-00 23' 42"

Cetus

pretty pair!

11 Nov