Crew 203 Astronomy Report 23-Jan-2019
Crew Astronomer: Santiago Vargas Dominguez
Description:
The weather improved after a few days under cloudy conditions. This allowed completing most of the active observations from previous runs (Heart Nebula, Barnard 33). Single exposures in LRGB + Halpha (300 s each) were acquired for M82. Images of the moon were acquired for testing with clear skies, but they saturated even with the shortest exposure time (0.03 s). In a previous run, the resulting image of the moon looked fine due to thin clouds blocking some of the light and acting as a neutral filter.
Objects Viewed: Messier 82 (image attached), Soul Nebula, Heart Nebula, Barnard 33.
Problems Encountered: none
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