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M104 - The Sombrero Galaxy with just luminance data

M104 - The Sombrero Galaxy is a spiral galaxy in the Virgo constellation.

 

This galaxy was taken with a Takahashi FS-128 mm refractor with a QSI 583 camera. Unfortunately I got mixed up with my RGB and was left with two sets of G data but no B data! So here's my Sombrero using just the luminance. Sorry, yet another work-in-progress!

 

As the galaxy's apparent size is rather small with my telescope, I gave it severe, 100% cropping.

 

9x6min for Luminance using Astrodon filters.

Mount: Astro-Physics 1100gto

Location: LMDSS, Heathcote, Victoria, Australia

Camera: QSI583

Camera cooling: -30c

Image scale 1.07"/pix

 

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Uploaded on April 10, 2015