Constellation tour in Winter
Auriga (The Charioteer)

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Date & Time: Dec 10 2020, from 20:44 to 21:19 JST(+0900)
Composed 8 shots with 5 minutes exposed
Optical: TAMRON 17-35mm Di OSD (f=28mm, 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



Astroarts StellaNavigator 		The ancient Northern Hemisphere constellation of Auriga is seen around the zenith in winter skies and that is characterized by its shape of distorted pentagon.
The constellation is also featuring one of the brightest stars in the heavens: Capella, the star is positioned at the most north in the bright stars over first magnitude. Capella means "small goat", comes from that the star marks the heart of goat that is held in one hand of Auriga.
Auriga is bathed in winter milky way, and includes several attractive nebulae and star clusters.


Guide for Deep Sky Objects

M36, M37, M38 .....Three Open Clusters in Winter's Milky Way
Around IC405 .....Faint diffused nebulae IC405 & IC410 in the pentagon of Auriga
NGC2281 .....A sparse open cluster east of Auriga's pentagon, 5400 ly. away
IC2120 .....Compact, reddish, round planetary nebula at 1.3deg. SE of μAur
Around Sh2-216, Sh2-221 .....Dimmed and vast planetary nebula & supernova remnant about 3deg. west of Capella
Sh2-223, Sh2-224 .....Two paralleling supernova remnants in Auriga's pentagon
Around Sh2-227, Sh2-228 .....Dimmed diffused nebulae & opn cluster around μAur 7.5° south of Capella
Around Sh2-232 .....Diffused nebula group in center of Auriga's pentagon
Sh2-241 .....2'-sized diffused nebula & neighbored reflection nebula in SE region
vdB31 .....Small reflection & dark nebulae group at 2.5deg. south of iota-Aur.



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