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Vacuum Cleaner Galaxy
Messier 109, also known as The Vacuum Cleaner Galaxy, is arguably the most distant object in the Messier Catalogue. Arguable because it is one of two Messier objects that are thought to be 55 million light-years away (the other is galaxy M58). M109 is also the faintest of the M objects and, like Andromeda Galaxy, home to over a trillion stars. It has several companion galaxies, three of which are easily seen in my picture. Harder to spot are the dozen or so background galaxies in the photo.
I imaged for two nights with the ZWO 2600MC and the Celestron HD8 atop the iOptron CEM40ec.
Vacuum Cleaner Galaxy
Messier 109, also known as The Vacuum Cleaner Galaxy, is arguably the most distant object in the Messier Catalogue. Arguable because it is one of two Messier objects that are thought to be 55 million light-years away (the other is galaxy M58). M109 is also the faintest of the M objects and, like Andromeda Galaxy, home to over a trillion stars. It has several companion galaxies, three of which are easily seen in my picture. Harder to spot are the dozen or so background galaxies in the photo.
I imaged for two nights with the ZWO 2600MC and the Celestron HD8 atop the iOptron CEM40ec.