You know I am desperate when......NGC4236

[Andy Nowlen]

I have had no imaging for weeks. You know I am desperate when I searched and searched my hard drives for an unprocessed target. This version of NGC4236 galaxy is not finished. But I managed to get data in 2021 and 2022, April and May. I shot with two different rigs. This was so early in my astro experience that I didn't understand 'rotation'. Therefore this is about a 40% crop because of those rotation problems. It ends up at just over 4 hours, which is not enough, but since the sun or the moon don't shine around here lately, this will have to do. I look forward to trying to do more in 2023. The NGC4236 galaxy is found in the constellation Draco and was imaged primarily in my ES102mm scope at about 700mm.

 

[JimFox]

Ha ha, Andy! I know that feeling for sure! It's really cloudy and rainy down here in California, but this Tuesday has been forecasted as Clear for a few days now, though today it says Mostly Clear. Hopefully by Tuesday it goes back to Clear as I want to capture the Jellyfish Nebula and C/2022 E3 comet.

The designation of what you posted sounds vaguely familiar. It sure looks like a super cool galaxy and one I will have to put on a list to try and capture some time.

While this may not be perfect in your eyes, it sure looks pretty good I think! You were able to get some pretty decent detail on this what time of the year is it up in the sky? Is it something now that you found this that you will be going back to capture some more detail?

 

[Andy Nowlen]

I too am hoping for a chance to shoot the comet! The galaxy was in April and May and quite high and north. I mostly used it for before other objects because I have obstructions on the east side of my view. IN the last year I have been able to establish a Sky Shed Pod observatory in my front yard. It provides me a much better view now, though due east is still obstructed by tall pine trees.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Nice work

 

[JimFox]

I too am hoping for a chance to shoot the comet! The galaxy was in April and May and quite high and north. I mostly used it for before other objects because I have obstructions on the east side of my view. IN the last year I have been able to establish a Sky Shed Pod observatory in my front yard. It provides me a much better view now, though due east is still obstructed by tall pine trees.

Your not having a view to the East is a real pain for sure as so many objects are to the East, though as they rise, they usually rotate to the SE. How is your view to the SE and South?

A Sky Shed pod would be so awesome. Even without having access to the whole sky, just being able to keep things set up would so awesome.

 

[Dan Moorehead]

Nice!

 

[Andy Nowlen]

Your not having a view to the East is a real pain for sure as so many objects are to the East, though as they rise, they usually rotate to the SE. How is your view to the SE and South?

A Sky Shed pod would be so awesome. Even without having access to the whole sky, just being able to keep things set up would so awesome.

Happily my N, NE, ENE and SE, and SSE are quite good. The downside is that due south I am shooting into the light dome of the city. I am at B5/B6 then when I am aiming South into the light dome I have to use filters for sure. For my South, I have to stay above 30 degrees or just a bit less. So some targets are not possible from home. My preferred dark sites are less than an hour away. They are not perfect but so much more fun than here. I hope for a weather break still this month. It happened last year about this time, but who knows??

 

[JimFox]

Happily my N, NE, ENE and SE, and SSE are quite good. The downside is that due south I am shooting into the light dome of the city. I am at B5/B6 then when I am aiming South into the light dome I have to use filters for sure. For my South, I have to stay above 30 degrees or just a bit less. So some targets are not possible from home. My preferred dark sites are less than an hour away. They are not perfect but so much more fun than here. I hope for a weather break still this month. It happened last year about this time, but who knows??

That's really pretty great visibility. An hour to a dark site is good. I am at about 2.5 hours to Joshua Tree which is my go to dark sky site in California. In fact i am driving out there now as it's supposed to be clear. My idea is a few hours on the Jellyfish nebula and then switching to the comet once it gets up above the horizon. It will be my first time doing a comet with my full Astro gear.

 

[Andy Nowlen]

I am hoping for Friday night. Tonight is partially clear but transparency does not look good. If it is clear at all I will work from home to get the gear in shape and hope that Friday night I can get out of town. Challenging that the comet 'rises' so late!! But I will also try.

Enjoy!

 

[JimFox]

I am hoping for Friday night. Tonight is partially clear but transparency does not look good. If it is clear at all I will work from home to get the gear in shape and hope that Friday night I can get out of town. Challenging that the comet 'rises' so late!! But I will also try.

Enjoy!

I hope you get it! I look forward to seeing how you process this one. It's been turning out to be pretty tricky from the processing end, mainly the head of the comet really blew out the moment I applied STF to it. So I have been handling it with kid gloves.

 

[Mike Lewis]

Nice find - believe me I know of frustration when it comes to having to wait to get new data - I have had to go years at a time in the past...This looks good, I see some nice detail in this one.

I hope to also be able to take a crack at the comet tonight - we shall see how that goes...

ML