Mark Sansom
NGC 1316
Is a massive lenticular galaxy at about 60 million light year away and has a diameter of 180,000 light years in the constellation Fornax.
It is also known as a strong radio galaxy under the name Fornax A.
To quote Douglas Adams “Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that's just peanuts to space.”
Canon EOS 60D Ha Modified @ ISO 1600.
130x30 sec subs with calibration frames added.
Celestron C11 at f6.3.
Tracked on a Skywatcher AZ-EQ6 mount with no guiding.
Polar aligned : Polar Scope.
Filter : None.
Acquisition : Intervalometer.
Imaged from suburbia.
Processed in APP and finished off in LR.
NGC 1316
Is a massive lenticular galaxy at about 60 million light year away and has a diameter of 180,000 light years in the constellation Fornax.
It is also known as a strong radio galaxy under the name Fornax A.
To quote Douglas Adams “Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that's just peanuts to space.”
Canon EOS 60D Ha Modified @ ISO 1600.
130x30 sec subs with calibration frames added.
Celestron C11 at f6.3.
Tracked on a Skywatcher AZ-EQ6 mount with no guiding.
Polar aligned : Polar Scope.
Filter : None.
Acquisition : Intervalometer.
Imaged from suburbia.
Processed in APP and finished off in LR.