Astrophotos

• Location: Mount Pinos, CA
• Date: April 13, 2002
• Subject: Supernova Remnant IC443 and Open Cluster M35 in Gemini.
• Exposure: 1, 35 min. shot enhanced in Adobe Photoshop
• Telescope: Megrez 80mm refractor @ f/5
• Mount: Losmandy GM-8
• Guiding: ST-4 autoguider
• Film: Kodak Elitechrome 200
• Comments: The faint supernova remnant IC443 in southwestern Gemini. This nebula is very difficult to see without a narrowband filter and even with one only the brighter portions can be seen easily. In the upper right of the image is the bright open cluster M35. This cluster can be seen naked eye at a dark site and is very nice to look at in small scope. The open cluster NGC 2158 can be seen adjacent to M35.