Bode's Galaxy
It’s been nearly a month since my last astro-post. First I switched over to my bigger scope for galaxy season (Celestron 8 inch), then I had all kinds of trouble adjusting to the switch.
Anyway, here is Bode’s Galaxy discovered in 1774 by German astronomer Johann Bode and added to Charles Messier’s catalogue a couple of years later. The galaxy is a large, bright spiral about 11.8 million light years away.
It took many nights to get enough data for this picture because the object doesn’t come up until 10pm at my location, then disappears behind trees ‘round midnight.
Bode's Galaxy
It’s been nearly a month since my last astro-post. First I switched over to my bigger scope for galaxy season (Celestron 8 inch), then I had all kinds of trouble adjusting to the switch.
Anyway, here is Bode’s Galaxy discovered in 1774 by German astronomer Johann Bode and added to Charles Messier’s catalogue a couple of years later. The galaxy is a large, bright spiral about 11.8 million light years away.
It took many nights to get enough data for this picture because the object doesn’t come up until 10pm at my location, then disappears behind trees ‘round midnight.