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New General Catalogue Objects

NGC 7023

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Object Type: Reflection Nebula

Constellation: Cepheus
Distance: 1,400 light years from Earth

Age: Unknown

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Equipment

Orion EON 130 Triplet

SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro

ZWO ASI294MC Pro

ZWO ASI120MM Mini

ZWO ASI Air Plus

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Software

DeepSkyStacker

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Lightroom

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Acquisition details

Date: August 30th, 2024

Location: Palisade, MN

Bortle Scale: Class 3

Integration time: 6 hours, 55 minutes

NGC 7331

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Object Type: Unbarred Spiral Galaxy

Constellation: Pegasus
Distance: 40,000,000 light years from Earth

Age: 500 million+ years?

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Equipment

Orion EON 130 Triplet

SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro

ZWO ASI294MC Pro

ZWO ASI120MM Mini

ZWO ASI Air Plus

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Software

DeepSkyStacker

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Lightroom

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Acquisition details

Date: August 12th, 2024

Location: Kenyon, MN

Bortle Scale: Class 4

Integration time: 6 hours, 55 minutes

NGC 891

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Object Type: Spiral Galaxy

Constellation: Andromeda
Distance: 28,000,000 light years from Earth

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Equipment

Orion EON 130 Triplet

SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro

ZWO ASI294MC Pro

ZWO ASI120MM Mini

ZWO ASI Air Plus

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Software

DeepSkyStacker

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Lightroom

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Acquisition details

Date: September 1st, 2024

Location: Palisade, MN

Bortle Scale: Class 3

Integration time: 3 hours, 15 minutes

Messier 33

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Object Type: Unbarred Spiral Galaxy

Constellation: Triangulum
Distance: 3,200,000 light years from Earth

Age: 630,000,000 years

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Equipment

Orion EON 130 Triplet

SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro

ZWO ASI294MC Pro

ZWO ASI120MM Mini

ZWO ASI Air Plus

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Software

DeepSkyStacker

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Lightroom

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Acquisition details

Date: September 1st, 2024

Location: Palisade, MN

Bortle Scale: Class 3

Integration time: 5 hours

Messier 17

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Object Type: Emission Nebula

Constellation: Sagittarius
Distance: 6,000 light years from Earth

Age: 1 million years

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Equipment

Orion EON 130 Triplet

SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro

ZWO ASI294MC Pro

ZWO ASI120MM Mini

ZWO ASI Air Plus

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Software

DeepSkyStacker

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Lightroom

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Acquisition details

Date: August 3rd, 2024

Location: Kenyon, MN

Bortle Scale: Class 4

Integration time: 4 hours, 25 minutes

Messier 13

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Object Type: Globular Cluster

Constellation: Hercules
Distance: 25,000 light years from Earth

Age: 12-13 billion years

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Equipment

Orion EON 130 Triplet

SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro

ZWO ASI294MC Pro

ZWO ASI120MC-S

ZWO ASI Air Pro

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Software

DeepSkyStacker

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Lightroom

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Acquisition details

Date: July 24th, 2024

Location: Hopkins, MN

Bortle Scale: Class 8

Integration time: 1 hour

Messier 57

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Object Type: Planetary Nebula

Constellation: Lyra
Distance: 2,200 light years from Earth

Age: 7,005 years

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Equipment

Orion EON 130 Triplet

SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro

ZWO ASI294MC Pro

ZWO ASI120MC-S

ZWO ASI Air Pro

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Software

DeepSkyStacker

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Lightroom

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Acquisition details

Date: July 24th, 2024

Location: Hopkins, MN

Bortle Scale: Class 8

Integration Time: 1 hour 20 minutes

Messier 15

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Object Type: Globular Cluster

Constellation: Pegasus
Distance: 35,000 light years from Earth

Age: 12-13 billion years

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Equipment

Orion EON 130 Triplet

SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro

ZWO ASI294MC Pro

ZWO ASI120MC-S

ZWO ASI Air Pro

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Software

DeepSkyStacker

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Lightroom

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Acquisition details

Date: July 27th, 2024

Location: Afton, MN

Bortle Scale: Class 5

Integration Time: 1 hour 10 minutes

Aurora Borealis
(May 10th-11th, 2024, Historic G5 Storm)

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​Equipment

iPhone 14

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Software

Apple iOS 17

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Acquisition details

Date: May 11th, 2024

Location: Palisade, MN

Bortle Scale: Class 3

Integration time: 3 second exposures

Total solar eclipse
(April 8th, 2024, Great American Eclipse)

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​Equipment

8" Meade LX90 EMC​

Thousand Oaks 8" Solar Filter

Explore Scientific 30mm 82 series

iPhone 14

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Software

Apple iOS 17

Adobe Lightroom

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Acquisition details

Date: April 8th, 2024

Location: Murphysboro, IL

Bortle Scale: Class 4

Aurora Borealis
Total Solar Eclipse
Messier Objects
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