Deep sky Gallery COAA 2005
At the end of August 2005 I went on a holiday to COAA (37°11' N, 8°36' W) at the Algarve in Portugal. This is a very friendly family run place catering for astronomy lovers with several telescopes and plenty of clear nights. Here are some results from this stay. I brought my FS-60C and the ccd camera and used the available mounts at COAA for the imaging.
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M8 Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius Magnitude 5.0 - Size 45' x 30' - bright nebula 01 Sep 2005 (COAA Portugal) - FS 60C at f/5.9 - SXV-H9 HaRGB = 23:10:10:10 min |
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M20 Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius Magnitude 6.3 - Size 20' x 20' - bright nebula 31 Aug 2005 (COAA Portugal) - FS 60C at f/5.9 - SXV-H9 LRGB = 20:10:10:10 min |
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M16 / IC 4703 Eagle Nebula in Serpens Magnitude 6.0 - Size 35' x 28' - open cluster / bright nebula 02 Sep 2005 (COAA Portugal) - FS 60C at f/5.9 - SXV-H9 HaRGB = 33:10:10:10 min |
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M17 Swan Nebula in Sagittarius Magnitude 6.0 - Size 20' x 15' - bright nebula 01 Sep 2005 (COAA Portugal) - FS 60C at f/5.9 - SXV-H9 HaLRGB = 13:9:9:9:9 min |
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M6, Butterfly Cluster in Scorpius Magnitude 4.2 - Size 33' - open cluster 02 Sep 2005 (COAA Portugal) - FS 60C at f/5.9 - SXV-H9 LRGB = 10:3:3:3 x 30 sec |
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M7 in Scorpius Magnitude 3.3 - Size 75' - open cluster 02 Sep 2005 (COAA Portugal) - FS 60C at f/5.9 - SXV-H9 LRGB = 10:3:3:3 x 30 sec |
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NGC 7293 Helix Nebula in Aquarius Magnitude 7.3 - Size 17.6' - planetary nebula 02 Sep 2005 (COAA Portugal) - FS 60C at f/5.9 - SXV-H9 LRGB = 23:10:10:10 min |
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M22 in Sagittarius Magnitude 5.2 - Size 32' - globular cluster 31 Aug 2005 (COAA Portugal) - FS 60C at f/5.9 - SXV-H9 L = 16 min |
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M55 in Sagittarius Magnitude 6.3 - Size 19' - globular cluster 29 Aug 2005 (COAA Portugal) - FS 60C at f/5.9 - SXV-H9 L = 5 min |