NGC 4565 – The Needle Galaxy is an edge-on spiral galaxy between 30 to 50 million light years away located in the Coma Berenices constellation.
Details:
- Comprised of 10 minute exposures for each filter: 12x Red, 10x Green, 11x Blue, and 10x Luminance.
- Captured the nights of 18 and 19 March, 2021
- Captured remotely at Rusty’s RV Ranch, Rodeo, NM
- Processed in PixInsight
Equipment:
| Telescope: | Planewave 12.5″ CDK |
| Focuser/Rotator: | Moonlite NiteCrawler 3.0″ |
| Guiding: | ZWO OAG + ZWO ASI 174MM Mini |
| Camera: | ZWO ASI 1600mm Pro (Kit + EFW + Filters) |
| Mount: | AstroPhysics 1100GTO-AE |
| Observatory: | My Astro Shed ( build blog post ) |
4 Comments
Dan · 2021-04-07 at 12:31
What seeing are you getting with your setup at Rusty’s RV Ranch? With my ASI294-MC on a C EdgeHD 8″ the best I can get is ~4-5″ here in Boise.
Michael · 2021-04-07 at 17:09
Hi Dan,
Seeing at Rusty’s is commonly in the 4″ to 5″ range as well coming off my setup. I’m seeing low 4″ ( 4.03 from one sample, 4.1 in another ) in most of my raw data over the past few nights of shooting I’ve done. I have seen it in the 3″ range on especially calm nights. It doesn’t get much better due to the air flow pouring over the Chiricahua Mountains from the west.
Dan · 2021-04-07 at 17:13
Nice! And now I don’t feel so bad, either. š
Nick soerjono · 2021-06-16 at 01:17
Beautiful capture! This is one of my favorite galaxies.
Comments are closed.