Hickson 8 (Andromeda)

     Hickson 8, Compact Galaxy Cluster

Image Details:

• Scope: Celestron Nexstar 11GPS.
• Mount: Above
• Camera: Adirondack Video Astronomy Stellacam II.
• Configuration: f/3.3 focal reducer, visual back .
• Guiding: None.
• Location: Deep South Regional Star Gaze, Camp Ruth Lee
• Date: 9 November 2007.
• Post Processing: Registax 4, Adobe Photoshop.
• Procedures: Video recorded to DVD, captured to .avi with a frame grabber and K3CCD Tools, stacked with Registax 3, and processed with Photoshop.

We're talking DIM, boys and girls. The Old Horse is outlined by the nebula IC434, which glows in the red, red light of hydrogen b

Constellation = Andromeda, Brightest Member = None with Common Catalog Designation, Group Magnitude = 14.5

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