Sky

Where the scope has pointed

Every plate-solved capture, plotted on one whole-sky map. Dot size is total integration, so the long projects read as the big ones. The faint joins are the constellation figures.

NGC 6744 - 18h 45m (15 × 4500s) + 75m (15 x 300s)NGC 6188 - 300m (H 8, O 10, S 12 x 600s) + 240m (H 8, O 10, S 6 x 600s) + 180m (H 8, O 4, S 6 x 600s)IC 1795 - 1h 53m (340 × 20s) + 166m (993 x 10s) + 17m (52 x 20s) + 183m (993 x 10s + 52 x 20s)Elephant’s Trunk Nebula - 0m (1 × 10s) + 0m (1 x 10s) + 166m (498 x 20s) + 166m (1 x 10s + 498 x 20s)Helix Nebula - 1h 45m (316 × 20s) + 128m (383 x 20s)Orion Nebula - 1m (8 × 10s) + 66m (384 x 10s + 6 x 20s) + 64m (384 x 10s) + 2m (6 x 20s) + 50×120″ 1h 40′NGC 5128 - 120m (L 12, R 4, G 4, B 4 x 300s) + 2h 0m (24 × 300s)CrA Complex - 115m (L 8, R 5, G 5, B 5 x 300s)Heart Nebula - 1m (1 × 30s) + 41m (82 x 30s) + 9m (56 x 10s) + 50m (82 x 30s + 56 x 10s) + 14m (3 x 300s)Sculptor Galaxy / Silver Coin Galaxy - 29m (87 × 20s) + 68m (411 x 10s) + 29m (87 x 20s)Scorpius tail - 100m (L 8, R 4, G 4, B 4 x 300s)Cat’s Paw Nebula - 90m (Ha 9 x 600s)Triangulum Galaxy - 0m (1 × 20s) + 22m (130 x 10s) + 0m (1 x 20s) + 23m (68 x 20s) + 45m (130 x 10s + 1 x 20s + 68 x 20s)Eskimo Nebula - 24m (144 × 10s) + 84m (507 x 10s)NGC 247 - 20m (118 × 10s) + 74m (444 x 10s)Sadr Region / Gamma Cygni Nebula - 18m (110 × 10s) + 57m (344 x 10s)Eagle Nebula - 35m (211 × 10s) + 35m (211 x 10s)Cocoon Nebula - 18m (105 × 10s) + 46m (274 x 10s)Cat’s Eye Nebula - 36m (217 × 10s) + 36m (217 x 10s)NGC 288 - 35m (212 × 10s) + 35m (212 x 10s)Spider Nebula - 35m (212 × 10s) + 35m (212 x 10s)Bubble Nebula - 46m (274 × 10s) + 32m (190 x 10s)Ghost Nebula - 35m (207 × 10s) + 34m (207 x 10s)Skull Nebula - 59m (354 × 10s) + 27m (164 x 10s)HD 210806 - 37m (219 × 10s) + 32m (190 x 10s)NGC 2403 Galaxy - 18m (106 × 10s) + 35m (208 x 10s)NGC 1039 Open Cluster - 31m (184 × 10s) + 30m (180 x 10s)Lagoon Nebula - 29m (174 × 10s) + 29m (174 x 10s)Silver Sliver Galaxy - 2m (10 × 10s) + 2m (10 x 10s) + 14m (81 × 10s) + 10m (60 x 10s) + 20m (59 x 20s)Phantom Galaxy - 27m (161 × 10s) + 27m (161 x 10s)Vacuum Cleaner Galaxy - 25m (148 × 10s) + 25m (148 x 10s)Crab Nebula - 28m (166 × 10s) + 22m (135 x 10s)Eastern Veil Nebula - 18m (53 × 20s) + 6m (35 x 10s) + 18m (53 x 20s)Jellyfish Nebula - 26m (155 × 10s) + 22m (130 x 10s)NGC 1060 - 21m (125 × 10s) + 21m (124 x 10s)Andromeda Galaxy - 1m (3 × 20s) + 1m (3 x 20s) + 11m (34 x 20s) + 12m (3 x 20s + 34 x 20s)Pacman Nebula - 6m (34 × 10s) + 22m (135 x 10s)Fireworks Galaxy - 18m (108 × 10s) + 18m (108 x 10s)Pleiades - 17m (104 × 10s) + 17m (102 x 10s)Saturn Nebula - 16m (49 × 20s) + 16m (49 x 20s)NGC 7099 Globular Cluster - 16m (49 × 20s) + 16m (49 x 20s)Double Cluster - 15m (46 × 20s) + 15m (46 x 20s)NGC 2362 - 14m (83 × 10s) + 13m (78 x 10s)NGC 6994 Asterism - 13m (79 × 10s) + 13m (79 x 10s)NGC 6981 Globular Cluster - 13m (79 × 10s) + 13m (79 x 10s)Iris Nebula - 16m (94 × 10s) + 12m (71 x 10s)California Nebula - 17m (52 × 20s) + 11m (34 x 20s)IC 342 Galaxy - 9m (55 × 10s) + 9m (55 x 10s)Omega / Swan Nebula - 9m (54 × 10s) + 9m (54 x 10s)SH 2-142 - 5m (32 × 10s) + 9m (55 x 10s)Pinwheel Galaxy - 9m (54 × 10s) + 8m (48 x 10s)NGC 6864 Globular Cluster - 9m (51 × 10s) + 8m (51 x 10s)Triangulum Galaxy - 28m (167 × 10s)Sagittarius Cluster - 4m (25 × 10s) + 4m (25 x 10s)Surfboard Galaxy - 3m (19 × 10s) + 3m (19 x 10s)Flaming Star Nebula - 2m (12 × 10s) + 2m (11 x 10s)Bode’s Galaxy - 0m (1 × 10s) + 0m (1 x 10s)
57 of 70 captures are plotted here. The other 13 have no plate solve, so there is no honest place to put them.
Emission nebulaGalaxyObjectOpen clusterPlanetary nebulaReflection nebulaSupernova remnant

RA runs right to left, as it does on the sky: 0h at the centre, 6h to the left, 18h to the right. Equal-area Hammer-Aitoff, so a crowded patch really is crowded.