NGC 1023, a bright barred spiral galaxy in Perseus at centre, with IC 239, a face-on spiral galaxy at right. This is a stack of 4 x 8-minute exposures with the Quattro 20cm astrographic Newtonian reflector at f/4 with its coma corrector, and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800.
The California Nebula, NGC 1499, at top left, with the bright star Zeta Persei. at bottom A faint region of reflection nebulosity, IC 348, surrounds the star Atik, or Omicron Persei, at bottom right. The star just below NGC 1499 is Menkib, or Xi Persei. The field is similar to that of binoculars. This is a stack of 5 x 3-minute exposures with the filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800 and 200mm Canon L-Series lens at f/2.8. An additional exposure taken through the Kenko Softon A filter is layered in to add the star glows to bring out their colours. Taken with the Fornax Lightrack tracker as part of testing. Taken from home on a rare fine and mild winter night, January 4, 2019.
