The Antennae galaxies
The Antennae galaxies in Corvus are a pair of colliding spiral galaxies around 50 to 60 million light years away. The collision began 600 million years ago and will conclude in another 400 with the merger of the two galaxies. The faint "antennae" are streams of stars ejected from the galaxies by the collision which has also triggered a starburst formation of new stars.
This image is an RGB integration of data captured on a QHY163M camera with a WO FLT110 scope and Optolong filters. I got approx 10 hours data in each of the colour channels. Image sequencing was managed via SGP and PHD2, all post-processing was done in PixInsight.
Observed from Prachinburi, Thailand.
The Antennae galaxies
The Antennae galaxies in Corvus are a pair of colliding spiral galaxies around 50 to 60 million light years away. The collision began 600 million years ago and will conclude in another 400 with the merger of the two galaxies. The faint "antennae" are streams of stars ejected from the galaxies by the collision which has also triggered a starburst formation of new stars.
This image is an RGB integration of data captured on a QHY163M camera with a WO FLT110 scope and Optolong filters. I got approx 10 hours data in each of the colour channels. Image sequencing was managed via SGP and PHD2, all post-processing was done in PixInsight.
Observed from Prachinburi, Thailand.