Needle Galaxy & 14 sisters in LRGB
NGC 4565 (also known as the Needle Galaxy or Caldwell 38) is an edge-on spiral galaxy about 30 to 50 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices.
It lies close to the North Galactic Pole and has a visual magnitude of approximately 10.
It is known as the Needle Galaxy for its narrow profile.
For this picture I selected only the best 257 images (from initial 404 frames of 180s.) on Luminance channel to stack.
It was a long and detailed process to confirm only the best of the best captures, I called them superframes :D
(desc. credits: wikipedia)
I like so much to compare with my first image of this target www.astrobin.com/287894/B two years ago and see my progress :D
A link to the annotated image:
astro.carballada.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/LRGB_L_An...
Technical card
Imaging telescope or lens:Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube
Imaging camera:ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mount:Astro-Physics Mach-1 GTO CP4
Guiding telescope or lens:Celestron OAG Deluxe
Guiding camera:QHYCCD QHY5III174
Focal reducer:Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x
Software:Main Sequence Software Seqence Generator Pro, Astro-Physics AAPC, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
Filters:Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm
Accessories:ZWO EFW, MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30
Resolution: 2283x1738
Dates:March 8, 2019, March 10, 2019, March 12, 2019, March 29, 2019
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 77x180" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 74x180" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 257x180" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 76x180" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 24.2 hours
Avg. Moon age: 8.49 days
Avg. Moon phase: 20.99%
Astrometry.net job: 2621366
RA center: 189.082 degrees
DEC center: 25.992 degrees
Pixel scale: 1.006 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 89.576 degrees
Field radius: 0.401 degrees
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
Needle Galaxy & 14 sisters in LRGB
NGC 4565 (also known as the Needle Galaxy or Caldwell 38) is an edge-on spiral galaxy about 30 to 50 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices.
It lies close to the North Galactic Pole and has a visual magnitude of approximately 10.
It is known as the Needle Galaxy for its narrow profile.
For this picture I selected only the best 257 images (from initial 404 frames of 180s.) on Luminance channel to stack.
It was a long and detailed process to confirm only the best of the best captures, I called them superframes :D
(desc. credits: wikipedia)
I like so much to compare with my first image of this target www.astrobin.com/287894/B two years ago and see my progress :D
A link to the annotated image:
astro.carballada.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/LRGB_L_An...
Technical card
Imaging telescope or lens:Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube
Imaging camera:ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mount:Astro-Physics Mach-1 GTO CP4
Guiding telescope or lens:Celestron OAG Deluxe
Guiding camera:QHYCCD QHY5III174
Focal reducer:Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x
Software:Main Sequence Software Seqence Generator Pro, Astro-Physics AAPC, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
Filters:Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm
Accessories:ZWO EFW, MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30
Resolution: 2283x1738
Dates:March 8, 2019, March 10, 2019, March 12, 2019, March 29, 2019
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 77x180" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 74x180" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 257x180" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 76x180" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 24.2 hours
Avg. Moon age: 8.49 days
Avg. Moon phase: 20.99%
Astrometry.net job: 2621366
RA center: 189.082 degrees
DEC center: 25.992 degrees
Pixel scale: 1.006 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 89.576 degrees
Field radius: 0.401 degrees
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility