Antoine Grelin
M104 - The Sombrero Galaxy
More info here: www.galactic-hunter.com/blog/m104-the-sombrero-galaxy
The Sombrero galaxy is a very small world, 30% the size of our Milky Way. It lies about 30 million light years away from our home, which is actually not that far. The Sombrero holds the biggest supermassive black hole every recorded in any nearby galaxy. This also impacts its brightness, as it is the brightest galaxy in a 10 megaparsec radius of the Milky Way!
We spent a little more than 3 hours on it. We did 3 minute exposures instead of our usual 6, because of how small and bright it is.
You can see how we captured this target in Episode 6 of Galactic Hunter!
Details:
Canon 7D Mii
3 minutes for each exposure - ISO 400
62 lights - Calibrated with 15 Darks and 15 Bias
Orion 8 "Astrograph f / 3.9
Atlas EQ-G
Baader MPCC Coma corrector MkIII
Starshoot Autoguider - 50mm Guide Scope
Processed with PixInsight
M104 - The Sombrero Galaxy
More info here: www.galactic-hunter.com/blog/m104-the-sombrero-galaxy
The Sombrero galaxy is a very small world, 30% the size of our Milky Way. It lies about 30 million light years away from our home, which is actually not that far. The Sombrero holds the biggest supermassive black hole every recorded in any nearby galaxy. This also impacts its brightness, as it is the brightest galaxy in a 10 megaparsec radius of the Milky Way!
We spent a little more than 3 hours on it. We did 3 minute exposures instead of our usual 6, because of how small and bright it is.
You can see how we captured this target in Episode 6 of Galactic Hunter!
Details:
Canon 7D Mii
3 minutes for each exposure - ISO 400
62 lights - Calibrated with 15 Darks and 15 Bias
Orion 8 "Astrograph f / 3.9
Atlas EQ-G
Baader MPCC Coma corrector MkIII
Starshoot Autoguider - 50mm Guide Scope
Processed with PixInsight