Constellation tour in Autumn
Aries (The Ram)


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Date & Time: Dec 10 2020, from 18:51 to 19:26 JST(+0900)
Composed 8 shots with 5 minutes exposed
Optical: TAMRON 17-35mm Di OSD (f=35mm, stop: F4.0)
with IDAS LPS-P2-FF & Kenko Softon Clear filters
Auto-guided with Kenko SKYMEMO Equatorial
Digital Camera: Canon EOS 550D (Remodeled)
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(5184×3456)
Sensitivity...ISO800




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Constellation of Aries is a member of zodiac just west of the Pleiades (M45) in Taurus, an asterism of three stars with second or third magnitude lined up a bit strained marks the head of the Ram. Though Aries is tiny and very faint constellation, that had included the vernal equinox about two thousand years ago, and Aries was an important zodiac as the first member of that.



Guide for Deep Sky Objects

Around IC167, NGC691 .....Small 4 galaxies at 2deg. NW of beta Ari.
NGC772 .....Small galaxy 2 deg SE of beta Ari.
Around NGC877 .....Small-scaled galaxy group 9 deg south of alpha Ari.
NGC1024 .....Small galaxy positioned at 1.5deg. NE of mu Cet.
Around IC196 .....Small galaxy group in SW region
vdB16 .....Small reflection nebula in NE edge
Molecular cloud around δ Ari .....Distribution of dimmed cloud in eastern region
Molecular cloud around η Ari (around LBN703) .....Dimmed molecular cloud like LBN703 distributed around south of η Ari
Abell397 .....Small-scaled galaxy cluster at 5.2deg. SW on δ Ari




Pisces

Pisces Austrinus


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