| Constellation tour in Winter |
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| Date & Time: | Dec 10 2020, from 22:46 to 23:15 JST(+0900) |
| Composed 8 shots with 4 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 |
 Astroarts StellaNavigator |
Lepus, The Hare, is a minor constellation found under the feet of Orion. Stars forming the constellation are about 3rd or 4th magnitude, so it should be hard to imagine the figure of a hare in the southern skies in winter. Lepus is often ignored, as Orion is such a dominating constellation. The constellation has no major myths, yet it's considered the origin of the Lepus: in ancient Sicily island, farmers were troubled by hares that had ravaged the field. They established the figure of a hare just under the Orion as a charm to drive away the annoying hares. This image has been cropped with an equivalent focal length of 50mm. |
Guide for Deep Sky Objects| M79 | .....Small globular cluster 4 degrees south of beta Lep, 43 thousand ly. away. |
| NGC1744 | .....A barred galaxy with 8 arc min. long axis in SW edge |
| NGC1784 | .....Small spiral galaxy at western region. |
| NGC1888 | .....Peculiar galaxy at approx. 2deg. NNE of λLep. |
| NGC1954 | .....Small spiral galaxy at 3.7deg. north of αLep. |
| NGC1964 | .....Spiral Galaxy positioned in southern region. |
| IC418(Spirograph Nebula) | .....Small & round planetary nebula in northern part, 7460 ly. away. |
| Abell 7 & Crimson Star | .....Vast but faint planetary nebula at 2.5 deg. WNW of μ Lep and red variable of R Leporis |
| Abell 548 | .....Large-scaled galaxy cluster at 3deg. south of γLep, 550 million ly away |
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