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M64 - Black Eye Galaxy
I've been trying to image two targets over the past few days, NGC2264 and M64. The weather hasn't been very cooperative with clouds coming and going, so I've been imaging in the gaps between the clouds.
I think this galaxy requires a much longer focal length (maybe a C9.25 or similar scope), but I'm pleased with the details captured with the William Optics FLT132 at 910mm focal length, ASI2600MC Pro camera and Antlia Triband RGB Ultra 2" filter, on a ZWO AM5 mount.
Pre and post-processed in PixInsight, and final touches in Affinity Photo 2. This image is highly cropped to show the galaxy, as otherwise it would just appear as a little smudge in the centre of the photo.
Some information about M64:
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M64 was discovered by the English astronomer Edward Pigott. It is located 17 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Coma Berenices and is best observed in May. With an apparent magnitude of 9.8, the Black Eye galaxy can be spotted with a moderately sized telescope.
Easily identified by the spectacular band of absorbing dust partially obscuring its bright nucleus, M64, or the Black Eye galaxy, is characterized by its bizarre internal motion. The gas in the outer regions of this remarkable galaxy is rotating in the opposite direction from the gas and stars in its inner regions. This strange behavior can be attributed to a merger between M64 and a satellite galaxy over a billion years ago.
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More information: science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/science/explore-the-night...
More acquisition details: astrob.in/izgv7k/0/
M64 - Black Eye Galaxy
I've been trying to image two targets over the past few days, NGC2264 and M64. The weather hasn't been very cooperative with clouds coming and going, so I've been imaging in the gaps between the clouds.
I think this galaxy requires a much longer focal length (maybe a C9.25 or similar scope), but I'm pleased with the details captured with the William Optics FLT132 at 910mm focal length, ASI2600MC Pro camera and Antlia Triband RGB Ultra 2" filter, on a ZWO AM5 mount.
Pre and post-processed in PixInsight, and final touches in Affinity Photo 2. This image is highly cropped to show the galaxy, as otherwise it would just appear as a little smudge in the centre of the photo.
Some information about M64:
"
M64 was discovered by the English astronomer Edward Pigott. It is located 17 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Coma Berenices and is best observed in May. With an apparent magnitude of 9.8, the Black Eye galaxy can be spotted with a moderately sized telescope.
Easily identified by the spectacular band of absorbing dust partially obscuring its bright nucleus, M64, or the Black Eye galaxy, is characterized by its bizarre internal motion. The gas in the outer regions of this remarkable galaxy is rotating in the opposite direction from the gas and stars in its inner regions. This strange behavior can be attributed to a merger between M64 and a satellite galaxy over a billion years ago.
"
More information: science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/science/explore-the-night...
More acquisition details: astrob.in/izgv7k/0/