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M74--a face-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces
A face-on spiral galaxy located about 32 million light years away in the constellation Pisces, M74, while relatively large, has a rather low surface brightness, making it a difficult target for amateur astronomers and for astro-imagers in particular.
This image was captured at GNTO on 10-25 and 26 of 2014 using a Celestron 11 Edge OTA, mounted on a Losmandy G11. An SBIG ST4000XCM camera was used. 30 x 5’ subframes were captured before the object transited. After transit, another 12 x 10’ subframes were captured. All subframes, together with dark frames and flat field frames were combined using DSS and further processed in Photoshop CS2
M74--a face-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces
A face-on spiral galaxy located about 32 million light years away in the constellation Pisces, M74, while relatively large, has a rather low surface brightness, making it a difficult target for amateur astronomers and for astro-imagers in particular.
This image was captured at GNTO on 10-25 and 26 of 2014 using a Celestron 11 Edge OTA, mounted on a Losmandy G11. An SBIG ST4000XCM camera was used. 30 x 5’ subframes were captured before the object transited. After transit, another 12 x 10’ subframes were captured. All subframes, together with dark frames and flat field frames were combined using DSS and further processed in Photoshop CS2