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Month: November 2024

IC1805 - Heart Nebula 2024-11-05

First Light

Posted on November 7, 2024 by tschuh

First light is always exciting. Sometimes good, sometimes not as good. This one worked out pretty well for the new to me Apertura 75Q I picked up via Cloudy Nights. The scope is 75mm aperture with a 405mm focal length which gives it a F/ratio of 5.4. Not blazingly fast but not terribly slow either….

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