| Constellation tour in Autumn |
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| Date & Time: | Jul 26 2014, from 25:10 to 25:25 JST(+0900) |
| Composed 4 shots with 5 minutes exposed | |
| Optical: | AF zoom-Nikkor 24-85mm (f=24mm, stop: F4.0) |
| with IDAS LPS-P2-FF Light-pollution suppression & Kenko PRO Softon[A] filters | |
| Auto-guided with EYEBELL CD-1 portable Equatorial | |
| Digital Camera: | Canon EOS 550D (Remodeled) |
| Location: | Koumi town, Nagano pref. |
| Camera Settings: | Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(5184×3456) |
| Sensitivity...ISO800 |
 Astroarts StellaNavigator |
Aquarius is the tenth largest constellation in skies, be found at southwest of the Great Square of Pegasus. The constellation is formed by faint stars with mostly third or fourth magnitude, and is one of the most difficult constellations to make its figure. But a tiny asterism formed by four stars with fourth magnitude looks like a shape of reversed "Y" is only good mark to identify the constellation. It makes a jar held by Ganymede. |
Guide for Deep Sky Objects| Helix Nebula NGC7293 | ...The largest Planetary Nebula in heavens |
| M2 | ...Densed globular cluster 8 deg. west of alpha Aqr, 52 thousand ly. away |
| M72 & M73 | ...Small Globular & Asterism lying around western edge. |
| Saturn Nebula | ...Small planetary nebula at 4.5 deg SE of epsilon Aqr. |
| Around NGC7184 | ...Distributed small galaxies at the western edge near Capricornus |
| NGC7492 | ...A sparse globular cluster 3 deg. east of delta Aqr. |
| Around NGC7585 | ...Two distinct spirals 2 deg. NE of phi Aqr. |
| NGC7606 | ...Small galaxy in 3deg. SSE of phi Aqr., 100 million ly away |
| NGC7727 | ...Small spiral galaxy positioned at eastern region. |
| Arp 3 | ...A small "low surface brightness galaxy" at 2.8deg. south of ηAqr |
| Arp 295 | ...Interacting galactic group bathed in northeast region |
| Arp 314 | ...Interacting galaxy pair near a border to Pisces |
| CED211 | ...A red variable R Aqr. and surrounding emission nebula in eastern region |
| Molecular Cloud around β Aqr | ...6°-sized molecular cloud LBN117 between β & ε Aqr in western region |
 Capricornus |
 Pisces |
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