It’s Seattle, in winter, and so it’s been 2 months since there was a clear night. Finally, last night was pretty good, but there were some high, wispy clouds that messed with the focus. I was able to get a set of 5 photos, my first set of 2026:
M42 – Orion Nebula
22m
2026-01-16
Always good to come back to the Orion Nebula, which is great on the eVscope.
NGC 1980 – Lower Sword
36m
2026-01-16
More of the Orion Nebula complex, the Lower Sword is a star cluster plus wisps of the nebula, which you can just make out in the top left of this image.
NGC 2237 – Rosette Nebula
19m
2026-01-16
Another very faint nebula that doesn’t seem to do well in the eVscope. You can see hints of pinks and reds, but not a full nebula like you might hope.
NGC 7000 – The North America Nebula
21m
2026-01-16
This is my attempt at 20h 46m 4s / +43:24:27, and again, it didn’t turn out great. It’s too thin and too dim to really work, given the lighting conditions.
NGC 2841
25m
2026-01-16
A nice little spiral galaxy, oft referred to as a flocculent spiral galaxy, because of the poorly-defined arms and thicker dusty regions (which you can’t really make out in this image, unfortunately). It’s nice, though.
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