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Hello Sky Searchers. I'm going to try to tackle a Messier Marathon this Saturday night. Would anyone happen to have a resource (or an experienced mind) that would help me determine which Messier objects might be captured in the same field of view -- if my field of view is roughly two degrees wide by one degree high (RASA 11 with a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro)? For example,...
(Note: the target in parentheses following the Messier objects might help for targeting/framing)
Last edited by EmeraldHillsSkies on Thu Feb 29, 2024 5:09 pm, edited 16 times in total.
EAA Observing from the outskirts of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Telescope: Celestron RASA 11 - Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Software: AstroPlanner (with occasional help from SkyTools 4 Pro), Stellarium, SharpCap and Nina (the latter purely for autofocusing).
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EAA Observing from the outskirts of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Telescope: Celestron RASA 11 - Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Software: AstroPlanner (with occasional help from SkyTools 4 Pro), Stellarium, SharpCap and Nina (the latter purely for autofocusing).
YouTube 'EmeraldHillsSkies' https://www.youtube.com/@EmeraldHillsSkies
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Seigell, thanks! I don't have a rotator - so I don't think I can *quite* squeeze M58, M59, and M60 in my FOV, but I *can* at least fit M59 and M60. Thanks again.
Added M105. Not sure why I hadn't included that. Good catch!!!
EAA Observing from the outskirts of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Telescope: Celestron RASA 11 - Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Software: AstroPlanner (with occasional help from SkyTools 4 Pro), Stellarium, SharpCap and Nina (the latter purely for autofocusing).
YouTube 'EmeraldHillsSkies' https://www.youtube.com/@EmeraldHillsSkies
Thanks Graeme. We could squeeze toward the M58 side of things, but we currently were already squeezing in M88, M89, M90, and M91. I don't think we can do M58 with all those.
EAA Observing from the outskirts of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Telescope: Celestron RASA 11 - Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Software: AstroPlanner (with occasional help from SkyTools 4 Pro), Stellarium, SharpCap and Nina (the latter purely for autofocusing).
YouTube 'EmeraldHillsSkies' https://www.youtube.com/@EmeraldHillsSkies