The Needle Galaxy
A Galaxy on Edge - The Needle Galaxy
Picture yourself an observer on a planet orbiting one of the millions of suns in the small bluish galaxy in the lower right side of my picture. On your home planet, the neighboring Needle would dominate the sky as an enormous face-on Grand Design Spiral Galaxy.
Here on Earth, 40 million light-years away, we see the "Needle" as a spectacular edge-on galaxy.
For galaxy season, I removed the reducer on my Celestron HD8 to achieve a little more reach at f10. I used 5 minute exposures on the ZWO 2400MC (ff) and cropped a bit.
The Needle Galaxy
A Galaxy on Edge - The Needle Galaxy
Picture yourself an observer on a planet orbiting one of the millions of suns in the small bluish galaxy in the lower right side of my picture. On your home planet, the neighboring Needle would dominate the sky as an enormous face-on Grand Design Spiral Galaxy.
Here on Earth, 40 million light-years away, we see the "Needle" as a spectacular edge-on galaxy.
For galaxy season, I removed the reducer on my Celestron HD8 to achieve a little more reach at f10. I used 5 minute exposures on the ZWO 2400MC (ff) and cropped a bit.