Good weather and a nearly moonless sky over the weekend culminated in a late night in my dark sky location. This is NGC 4565, otherwise known as the Needle Galaxy. From our perspective on Earth, it looks long and slender (like a needle, right?), but perspective is everything. It's actually a great example of a spiral, much like our own Milky Way. Sitting about 40 to 50 million light years from us, there's actually at least 4 other galaxies in this same view. Can you spot them all?
Photo Details
April 22, 2023
Orion 8" Astrograph on CGEM II Mount
SBIG STF-8300C Camera
Skyglow filter
30 subframes at 5 minutes/frame
Total Exposure Time = 2 hours 30 minutes
Image Acquisition in CCDOps
Image Stacking in Deep Sky Tracker
Image Processing in PhotoShop
Image Acquisition in CCDOps
Image Stacking in Deep Sky Tracker
Image Processing in PhotoShop
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