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M58
Here is another Messier object from my 2022 spring collection.
Charles Messier discovered M 58 when he was observing a comet on 15th April 1779. He characterised it as a "very faint nebula". In 1830, M58 is a transitional barred spiral galaxy, 63 million light years away and is a member of the Virgo cluster.
M58 is around mag 10 and the bright star to the west of the galaxy is mag 7. The fainter galaxy, IC 3604 to the lower left is mag 16 and there are many fainter galaxies in this image.
The image comprises 25 x 3 minutes luminance plus 12 x 3 minutes RGB all binned 2 x 2 captured during April this year.
Equipment:
200mm Ritchey-Chretien telescope
QSI 683 camera
SW EQ8 mount
M58
Here is another Messier object from my 2022 spring collection.
Charles Messier discovered M 58 when he was observing a comet on 15th April 1779. He characterised it as a "very faint nebula". In 1830, M58 is a transitional barred spiral galaxy, 63 million light years away and is a member of the Virgo cluster.
M58 is around mag 10 and the bright star to the west of the galaxy is mag 7. The fainter galaxy, IC 3604 to the lower left is mag 16 and there are many fainter galaxies in this image.
The image comprises 25 x 3 minutes luminance plus 12 x 3 minutes RGB all binned 2 x 2 captured during April this year.
Equipment:
200mm Ritchey-Chretien telescope
QSI 683 camera
SW EQ8 mount