Mark Sansom
IC 1295
IC 1295 on the left is a turquoise coloured planetary nebule and is approximately 4,700 light-years from Earth. NGC 6712 on the right is a globular cluster and is 26,400 light-years from Earth and 12 billion years old.
100×30″ unguided from suburbia.
20th Aug 2025
GSO 8" f/4 Imaging Newtonian
Canon EOS 60D (modified)
Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 PRO
IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm
Baader 2" MPCC Mark III Newton Coma Corrector
Adobe Lightroom
Luc Coiffier DeepSkyStacker (DSS)
Steffen Hirtle GraXpert
IC 1295
IC 1295 on the left is a turquoise coloured planetary nebule and is approximately 4,700 light-years from Earth. NGC 6712 on the right is a globular cluster and is 26,400 light-years from Earth and 12 billion years old.
100×30″ unguided from suburbia.
20th Aug 2025
GSO 8" f/4 Imaging Newtonian
Canon EOS 60D (modified)
Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 PRO
IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm
Baader 2" MPCC Mark III Newton Coma Corrector
Adobe Lightroom
Luc Coiffier DeepSkyStacker (DSS)
Steffen Hirtle GraXpert