This week has been a surprise with clear nights and no moon, albeit rather hazy. Having missed sunday evening, monday evening took a while to clear and Auriga was getting rather low by the time I started imaging. However, before it dropped into the haze I got 30 minutes worth of the area around IC405 and IC410 using 3 minute exposures.
The next opportunity was on wednesday and with the skies clearing earlier in the evening I added another 90 minutes of exposures. It helps that the central cluster is so bright which makes centring the image easier.
One image had a satellite trail so here’s the result of stacking the remaining 44 frames.
Telescope: WO Zenithstar 70 with FFIII
Camera: QHY9C
Mount: Astrotrac
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