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Mid-November Images

It’s been mostly cloudy lately, but there were a few passable evenings. I’ve recently imaged the North America Nebula, the Crab Nebula, the Pelican Nebula, the Dragonfly Cluster, and the Rosette Nebula.

Strong Aurora Last Night

We had some really good aurora borealis last night, even in light polluted suburbs. We were lucky that it was a clear evening, too. There might be good aurora tonight (2025-11-12), but it’s supposed to be much more cloudy.

Question Mark and Wizard Nebulae

I took some images of the Question Mark Nebula, NGC 7822, on October 21/22. Here are my initial results, processed on StellarStudio “auto” and Apple Photos “auto”:

Flaming Star Nebula

We had some good weather November 1st through 4th. I spent some time on the Flaming Star Nebula, C 31. There is one night’s worth of data that I couldn’t stack in with the rest, due to me using the wrong filter. For some reason, the Dwarf 3 doesn’t have C 31 in its atlas (or at least it didn’t then). So I focused on something else (sorry, I didn’t take good notes), and set the filter manually.

Wizard and California Nebulae

We have had clear skies for a few days now, and I wasn’t sure what projects to take on. I’m mostly limited to northern targets due to the trees and houses around where I live. So, I decided to revisit the Wizard Nebula, and added the California Nebula for after the Wizard went behind the neighbors’ tree.

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