NGC 5907

This edge-on spiral galaxy is found 50 million light years away in Draco. Nicknamed the Knife Edge galaxy it was first discovered by William Herschel in 1788.

Data was gathered at my bortle 7 back garden in Rochdale, UK.

 

Boring Techie bit:

Telescope: Skywatcher Quattro 8"

Mount: EQ6r pro

Camera: ZWO 533mc pro

Filter: Optolong UV/IR.

Guided and controlled by the ZWO asiair+ using Altair 60mm guide scope & ZWO 585mc.

150 light frames 180 seconds each.

Stacked with darks, flats, dark flats & bias using WBPP in PixInsight.

Processed using Graxpert, StarNet2, PixInsight & Affinity Photo.

Done