Elliptical Galaxy NGC 3627 M66

Fantastic Eamonn. :shock: :shock: :shock:

I'm glad you all liked it.

I took so more images during February. I'm finding that their appears to be alot more moisture in the air than previous years.

Has anybody else found this problem in the last few months?


Eamonn A

MPC J62
www.kingslandobservatory.com

Eamonn,

Yep seeing the same thing here. A recent shot of M45 showed up nebulosity of the atmospheric moisture type, as opposed to dust and gas. It's also giving me a lot of extra sky glow as all the Dublin light pollution reflects off it, effectually reducing my effective exposure times. A good cold spell might help alleviate this. However, the soil is so water logged that all that moisture has to evaporate somewhere, and we haven't really had any cold weather this year to speak of.

I'd like to put my hand up and appologise for this. Out here in Bray, I never seemed to notice much skyglow. The sky was always black and when I got dark adapted it was pitch black from horizon to zenith except to my north looking over Bray Mainstreet. Well thats what I recall, maybe selective memory

Anyway ever since I got my scope in December I have had skyglow, ie excessive moisture in the air 360 degrees around with only a cap of black sky from about 40-50 degrees up.

I thought the new scope curse only lasted 3 weeks and referred to cloud. Obviously it can last over 3 months and also includes moisture laden air, skyglow and lousy transparency.

Sorry!! :oops: