Targets that suit a Dwarf 3, easiest first. Each one says which filter, whether it fits the frame, and when it is best on an evening.
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Target of the month: M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, with a bonus for ticking it off.
Heights are for the middle of Britain. Join to set your own area and tick targets off with your pictures.
Moon
Aim it yourself: centre it in the wide view, switch to tele, press autofocus. The Dwarf sets itself. Half a Moon shows the craters best.
From a real night: Very short exposures, low gain, no filter. Shoot along the line between light and dark.
Galaxy
Another galaxy, 2.5 million light years away. Bigger than the frame: get the bright middle in first.
From a real night: Astro filter, never Duo-Band. One run was lost to Duo-Band by mistake. A 2 view mosaic fits it.
Star cluster
The Seven Sisters. Bright blue stars; a long run shows the faint blue haze round them.
Nebula
The brightest nebula in the sky, low in the south in winter. Short exposures keep the bright middle from burning out.
From a real night: 15 seconds keeps the core from burning out.
Globular cluster
Hundreds of thousands of old stars in a ball. High on summer evenings.
Star clusters
Two clusters side by side in Perseus, high all autumn and winter. Fits the frame well.
Star cluster
A big, bright cluster in Cancer, best in late winter and spring.
Galaxy
A face-on spiral, faint and wide. Wants a dark sky and several nights.
From a real night: Faint, so a dark site and several nights.
Planetary nebula
A dying star that has thrown its outer layers off. Small, bright, high on autumn evenings.
From a real night: One frame, Duo-Band, gain 70. Nearly 3 hours stacked so far.
Galaxies
Two galaxies in one frame, near the Plough, high all year from Britain.
Galaxy
A spiral with a small companion. Small in the frame, but the arms show with time.
Galaxy
A big, faint face-on spiral, high in spring.
Supernova remnant
What is left of a star that exploded in 1054. Small, so it sits in the middle of the frame.
Star cluster
A rich cluster in Gemini, with a smaller, older one beside it.
Nebula
Shaped like the continent. Nearly fills the frame; a sliver clips top and bottom.
From a real night: Duo-Band, gain 80 to 90 on the first run. Too big for one frame for the whole of it.
Nebula
In Cassiopeia, high all autumn and winter. Bigger than the frame: frame on part of it, or a mosaic.
From a real night: Mosaic 2 views, Duo-Band, gain 90. In alt az the field turned 75 degrees over 4 hours, so set EQ mode first.
Nebula
A long red cloud of hydrogen in Perseus. Too long for one frame.
From a real night: Mosaic 2 views, Duo-Band, gain 70. In EQ mode start it within an hour and a half of due south, or the Dwarf stops.
Planetary nebula
Tiny in the frame. Needs steady air and good tracking to show the ring.
From a real night: Wait until tracking is good: on one run every other star smeared.
Nebula
A glowing cloud in Cassiopeia, high on autumn nights.
Nebula
A bubble blown by one hot star. M52 sits in the same corner.
Nebula
A nebula and cluster in Cepheus, high all night in autumn.
From a real night: One frame, Duo-Band, gain 70. Over 5 hours stacked across nights. In EQ mode the Dwarf flips when it crosses due south.
Nebula
In Auriga, rising through winter nights.
From a real night: Mosaic 2 views, Duo-Band, gain 90.
Supernova remnant
Fine threads from a star that exploded thousands of years ago. Evenings, dropping west through autumn.
Nebula
A big round flower of a nebula, low in the south in winter.
Nebula
Dark dust against glowing gas, low in the south. A short slot before dawn in autumn, evenings in winter.
Nebula
A dark trunk of dust in Cepheus. Frame on the trunk: the whole complex is too big.
Planetary nebula
Small and faint, near the Plough, best in spring.