Cassiopea

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Clickable objects (on the first image):

• IC 1848-1805 and Double Cluster
• Sh2-171 and NGC 7822

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Cassiopea is easy to recognize thanks to it's "W" shape. It's located on the Milky Way and contains a lot of nebulas like IC 1848 and 1805, NGC 281. At left it's visible the Perseus' Double Cluster.
 

Technical Data
Optics	Photographical objective
Focal Lenght	50 mm
Focal Ratio	f/2,8
Exposure Time	12 min exposure
Film	Kodak PJM
Developement sensibility	640 ISO
Location	Colle del Nivolet (AO, in the Italian Alps) at 2600m
Date and time of exposure start	18 september 1998, about 23.00 UT
Mount	Meade 8"
Tracking	Manual at 166x
Notes	It was taken in a wonderful night, with the Veil Nebula visible also in a 10x50 binocular!!! Diffusor filter.

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