Captured Two Ms! (aka M&M)
They say good things come to those who wait. I believe and agree!
After a drink of coffee (with sugar and milk) and chatting with both the Youth Council and Catechists group, I walked back from Jago's and glanced up in the sky to see that it was reasonably clear and Orion just appearing near the zenith of the eastern sky, I had to go and prepare the scope for a look see, look see.
I decided to have another go with the Start Shoot and was I greatly surprised! Managed to further tweak and played around with the options available and here are the results:
Finally captured the great M42! Otherwise known as the Orion Nebula, it is the brightest and best known nebula in the heavens. Located some 1,500 light years away, it measures some 15 light years across. In other words, it's HUGE and very, very FARAWAY... :-D Nonetheless, I am happy to have been able to capture this picture as is.
Then I slew over to the 7 Sisters in the sky to get and see if I can grab a pic too and see how it comes out, now that the skies are rather clear and not obscured too much by the passing clouds and the ambient lights around. It was amazing what patience can bring!
Pleiades or the 7 Sisters is a spectacular open star cluster. In all, the cluster probably contains in excess of 100 stars. It is also known as M45.
After a drink of coffee (with sugar and milk) and chatting with both the Youth Council and Catechists group, I walked back from Jago's and glanced up in the sky to see that it was reasonably clear and Orion just appearing near the zenith of the eastern sky, I had to go and prepare the scope for a look see, look see.
I decided to have another go with the Start Shoot and was I greatly surprised! Managed to further tweak and played around with the options available and here are the results:
Finally captured the great M42! Otherwise known as the Orion Nebula, it is the brightest and best known nebula in the heavens. Located some 1,500 light years away, it measures some 15 light years across. In other words, it's HUGE and very, very FARAWAY... :-D Nonetheless, I am happy to have been able to capture this picture as is.
Then I slew over to the 7 Sisters in the sky to get and see if I can grab a pic too and see how it comes out, now that the skies are rather clear and not obscured too much by the passing clouds and the ambient lights around. It was amazing what patience can bring!
Pleiades or the 7 Sisters is a spectacular open star cluster. In all, the cluster probably contains in excess of 100 stars. It is also known as M45.
So, just for this wee hours of the morning, I managed to cover two Messier items! I am beside myself with glee! :-D
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