NGC 2841 Tigers Eye galaxy

This is NGC2841 The Tiger's Eye galaxy.

 

First discovered by William Herschel 9th of March 1788.

It's an unbarred spiral galaxy which can be found in the constellation of Ursa Major (the Great Bear).

 

It's 46 million light years away and approximately 150,000 light years across, so, quite big.

 

Imaged taken 5th of January 2022 from my back garden.

 

Boring techie bit.

Skywatcher quattro 8" S & f4 aplanatic coma corrector

HEQ5 pro mount guided with an Altair 50mm & GPcam setup

Canon 450D astro modded with Astronomik CLS CCD EOS APS-C clip filter. Neewer Intervalometer used to control the exposures.

Done