NGC 185  (Cassiopeia)

(fritz kleinhans)

NGC 185 Local Group Galaxy  (Cassiopeia)

Eldorado Star Party: Nov 4/5, 2018; X-Bar Ranch, Eldorado, TX.
TAK 250 CDK reduced to f/7.3 and 1825 mm f.l.
Hutech cooled, modified Canon 6D full frame camera giving 0.74 sec/pix.
ISO 800, 20 subs x 5 min (3 of 23 rejected), 4 flats, no darks, (dithering) and sigma reject stacking.
AP 1100 mount, Borg 250 mm guide scope, Lodestar X2 camera, PHD2 guiding, dithering.  (Double Tak configuration.)

NGC 185
B&W Negative Image of above with 7 globular clusters marked.
Technical details of globulars at arxiv.org.
A recent report indicates that FJJ-VI is a background galaxy and
that explains the red color seen in the above image.

AP Home          Kleinhans, 2019