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M104 The Sombrero Galaxy
This is M104 a.k.a “The Sombrero Galaxy”. It’s the second of four images I took during the Texas Star Party trip. The Sombrero galaxy, as seen from Earth, is an edge-on spiral galaxy. It gets its name from the bright core surrounded by thick dust lanes. The galaxy is 50,000 light-years wide and is located 28 million light-years from Earth in the Virgo galaxy cluster. This image was captured in Bortle 2 skies with LRGB filters and only 6 hours of total exposure time. So coool!
Telescope: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120 ED
Camera: QHY268M
Mount: MYT
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI290MM Mini
On-mount Computer: PrimaluceLab Eagle2 Pro
Software: SGP, SkyX, PHD2, PixInsight 1.8, Lightroom
Accessories: SW Field Flattener, QHY CFW3, QHYOAG M, PoleMaster, NiteCrawler WR30, Flip-Flat, Astronomik 36mm Filters
Images (Gain 0/Offset 40 @ -10*C):
LRGB: Total integration: 6 hrs
Taken on Apr 2022
M104 The Sombrero Galaxy
This is M104 a.k.a “The Sombrero Galaxy”. It’s the second of four images I took during the Texas Star Party trip. The Sombrero galaxy, as seen from Earth, is an edge-on spiral galaxy. It gets its name from the bright core surrounded by thick dust lanes. The galaxy is 50,000 light-years wide and is located 28 million light-years from Earth in the Virgo galaxy cluster. This image was captured in Bortle 2 skies with LRGB filters and only 6 hours of total exposure time. So coool!
Telescope: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120 ED
Camera: QHY268M
Mount: MYT
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI290MM Mini
On-mount Computer: PrimaluceLab Eagle2 Pro
Software: SGP, SkyX, PHD2, PixInsight 1.8, Lightroom
Accessories: SW Field Flattener, QHY CFW3, QHYOAG M, PoleMaster, NiteCrawler WR30, Flip-Flat, Astronomik 36mm Filters
Images (Gain 0/Offset 40 @ -10*C):
LRGB: Total integration: 6 hrs
Taken on Apr 2022