And a Last
On the night of May 30, 2020 I finished imaging the Herschel 400 list
by getting an image of the somewhat unimpressive galaxy NGC 2787.
Unfortunately, the sky had a fair amount of high cloudiness, which
appears to be a permanent condition, as well as a just past first
quarter moon. Nevertheless. I was able to pull out the image from the
muk, at least enough to definitely say I got it. I used both my
traditional method of confirming the target, which is a comparison to
star charts, and using ASTAP to confirm the target by plate solving.
By completing this project, I now have at least 500, possibly up to
600 galaxies, star cluster, and nebulas imaged. Not too bad for an
old man with limited talent and equipment. At least, I think so.
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