One from the back catalogue! Probably early to mid 80s. When I was young and foolish (as opposed to old and foolish) and could stand cold nights!
The constellation Cassiopeia.
View attachment 409955
Kodak Ektachrome 400, 5 minute guided exposure.
Zuiko 50mm f/1.8 and Olympus OM-1 mounted piggyback on a telescope.
Intersection of
- red lines: NGC 884 and NGC 869, the double cluster in Perseus
- yellow lines: NGC 663, the Letter S cluster
- orange lines: the open cluster M103
- green lines: the open cluster Trumpler 2
- green and pink lines: NGC 457, the Owl Cluster (but just appearing as a brightish star)
- blue lines: NGC 281, the Pac Man nebula
- purple lines: NGC 7789, Caroline's Haystack, first observed by Caroline Herschel, the sister of Sir William Herschel
I suspect the background sky colour is influenced by the yellow streetlights that were in place at the time, since replaced by LED ones.