2024 Iris - testing CQ350 (Ian McIntyre)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cepheus (Cep) · Contains: HD200775 · Iris Nebula · LBN 487 · LDN 1168 · LDN 1170 · LDN 1172 · LDN 1173 · LDN 1174 · NGC 7023

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2024 Iris - testing CQ350

After another round of technical nightmare with the ioptron GEM45, I am done. The replacement has arrived: the Skywatcher CQ350. A lot more heavy lifting and another set of manufacturer interface to learn, but overall a much tighter device. So I spent the week of short summer dark time running the mount through its paces. I chose a couple familiar objects for the test. I didn't go crazy with integration, just enough to make an image or two for the try out. I chose the Iris due to the fact that I wanted to reframe it opposite what I did last year which resulted in an image that did not showcase the more dark nebula rich side of the object.

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Description: After looking at a way-too-bright core for a few months I went back and toned it down a bit. Can actually sort of see the star now.

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RA (center)	21h01m05s.700
RA (top/left)	20h57m32s.778
RA (top/right)	20h55m50s.648
RA (bottom/right)	21h04m25s.810
RA (bottom/left)	21h06m35s.716

Dec (center)	+67°51′43″.17
Dec (top/left)	+68°32′29″.21
Dec (top/right)	+67°17′48″.30
Dec (bottom/right)	+67°10′39″.94
Dec (bottom/left)	+68°24′58″.38

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