Early January 2026 experienced generally poor weather during the earlier (mainly moonlit) nights, although some worthwhile Jupiter and Solar images were captured. But it wasn't until mid January that I was able to go for a deep sky target. NGC 2282 is a prettily coloured but faint bright nebula in Monoceros. I first saw it in an image by Adam Block. Well of course my 8" aperture in the North East UK is no match for his 32" at 9000 ft. in Arizona. But always worth a try! QSI 683 with SX AO unit on Celestron 8" Edge HD. Luminance 18 x 10 minutes, RGB each 6 X 10 mins. Captured over two nights, most of it on 15th January 2026, total imaging time limited by other commitments. All binned 2x2. Off centre due to the location of the off-axis guide star. I thought about cropping it, but it's quite a nice star field, so it's all there.
