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The Andromeda Galaxy, M31-our nearest neighbor at 2.5 million light-years away and on a collision course with our Milky Way Galaxy in about 4.5 billion years.
20hr 40 min total integration.
Radian Raptor fl275mm, ZWO2600M, Optolong 3nm HO, LRGB filters. AM5 mount. Bortle 1-2 skies, northern Arizona
From Wikipedia: NGC 4274 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Coma Berenices. It is located at a distance of about 45 million light years from Earth. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1785.
NGC 4274 is characterized by its overlapping outer arms, forming a ring structure. The inner arms begin near the edge of the bulge and they are bright and dusty, with dust lanes that more prominent at the near side. Outside the near-ring a set of fainter outer arms. These outer arms also form a ring. A third rings exists near the nucleus.
Tech Specs: Meade 12” LX-90, Canon 6D (stock), 60 x 60 second exposures, ISO 3200, guided using a ZWO ASI290MC and Orion 60mm guide scope. Captured using Sequence Generator Pro and processed using PixInsight. Image date: February 22, 2020. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA.
Rock Pile at Westwood Lake - Samsung Galaxy S10 - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
This is a reprocessing of a shot I took of the Andromeda Galaxy in September of 2013. It was photographed with a modified Canon 500D at prime focus of a 130mm f/7 triplet apochromatic refractor with field flattener. It is a composite of 18 5-minute exposures (90 minutes total), with dark and flat frames applied. It still has some issues, but it's probably the best I can do with the data I have.
Right now is a perfect time to capture Bode's Galaxy (M81) in Ursa Major!
It's one of the brightest galaxies in the night sky.
It's a rewarding astrophotography project, no matter which telescope you use.
A wider field of view will reveal the nearby "Cigar Galaxy."
I captured this image while testing a new, affordable monochrome astronomy camera in the backyard.
While I could have used a LOT more exposure time on this project, I eventually got an image I am happy with (for now!)
Total Exposure Time: 5 hours
30 x 180-seconds (Each RGB filter)
30 x 60-seconds Lum Filter
Camera: bit.ly/42NBh8C
Telescope: bit.ly/3YxGbTA
Mount: bit.ly/437Q7E8
LWL presents Galaxy Pumps and Galactica Space suit for the SAVIAD birthday event in conjunction with spring fashion week.
Three colors are now exclusively available at the event: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Violator%20HQ/143/29/3902
The Sunflower Galaxy ( messier 63)
Some info from Wikipedia 👇👇👇
Messier 63 or M63, also known as NGC 5055 or the seldom-used Sunflower Galaxy,[6] is a spiral galaxy in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici. M63 was first discovered by the French astronomer Pierre Méchain, then later verified by his colleague Charles Messier on June 14, 1779.[6] The galaxy became listed as object 63 in the Messier Catalogue. In the mid-19th century, Anglo-Irish astronomer Lord Rosse identified spiral structures within the galaxy, making this one of the first galaxies in which such structure was identified.[7]
Equipment Used;
Lacerta 200/800 photo Newtonian
Celestron CGX mount
QHY9s CCD
Baader lrgb filters
ZWOasi224mc guide camera
60mm deluxe guide scope
Capture details;
24 x 5min Red
24 x 5min green
24 x 5min blue
50 x 5 min lum
31 x darks
Super bias (pixinsight)
Software used;
SGP, PHD2 & Pixinsight
Galaxy NGC7479
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Luminance : "Shai-hulud Tooth" SW N254/1200
QHY174MM - 5227 x 3s - bin1 - 1"/pixel
Color layer by "JP Cazard" - 2020
C11 EdgeHD - Atik 4000MM - 8x300s R/V/B
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Full : www.flickr.com/photos/187071820@N02/51673343489/sizes/o/
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Origin color : www.astrosurf.com/topic/138568-ngc7479-au-c11-edgehd/
Andromeda Galaxy
Crediti: ZTF/Dss2/Giuseppe Donatiello
(J2000) RA: 00 h 42 m 44.3 s dicembre: + 41° 16 ' 9 ′′ (core)
L ' Andromeda Galaxy, o Messier 31 (M31) e NGC 224, è una galassia a spirale circa a 780 kiloparsecs (2.5 milioni di anni luce). È il più grande menber del Gruppo Locale di galassie, che contiene anche la Via Lattea, la Galassia del Triangolo e altre 88 galassie più piccole.
L ' Andromeda Galaxy, Z = − 0.001001, si avvicina alla Via Lattea a circa 110 Km / sec
A Galaxy on Edge - The Needle Galaxy
Picture yourself an observer on a planet orbiting one of the millions of suns in the small bluish galaxy in the lower right side of my picture. On your home planet, the neighboring Needle would dominate the sky as an enormous face-on Grand Design Spiral Galaxy.
Here on Earth, 40 million light-years away, we see the "Needle" as a spectacular edge-on galaxy.
For galaxy season, I removed the reducer on my Celestron HD8 to achieve a little more reach at f10. I used 5 minute exposures on the ZWO 2400MC (ff) and cropped a bit.
With the cloudy nights here in the East Bay I have taken the time to tweak an image of the Andromeda Galaxy from August, 2024. I refined my workflow to improve how I added Ha data. I applied a 16x9 crop to the image of the full galaxy to create this image. The image of the full galaxy is also included in this album.
Date of capture: August 4, 2024
Bortle Class 5 backyard, SF Bay Area (East Bay)
Capture: 5 x 600s Ha, 14 x 240s RGB, 18 x 180s L
Dithered
Telescope: William Optics RedCat 71
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM-Pro
ZWO EFW 7x36mm
Astronomik 6nm Narrowband Filters, 36mm
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI174MM mini
ZWO OAG-L
Mount: iOptron GEM45
Calibrated with Darks, Flats and Dark Flats
ZWO ASIAIR Plus Control and Capture
Processed with DSS and Photoshop CC
this is a composite image that consists of manual blending of 3 images,2 long exposures for the acropolis monument and the foreground (trees etc). Then i replaced the sky with a milkyway shot which is another image and added a few tweeks to match it in terms of color and luminance! I did not have a tripod and it was windy as i was in higher spot so it was challenging in terms of keeping the camera really steady!note: the galaxy photo was not taken by me!
Messier 77 and NGC 1055
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Image exposure: 3 hours
Image Size: 72 x 47.9 arcmin
Image date: 2024-12-20
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Further Details in my Cosmic Focus website
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Fornax Galaxy Cluster
In the southern skies constelation of Formax we can find the second most massive cluster of galaxies.
Two of its more prominent members are the barrel spiral NGC 1365 in the middle of the wide field image and the chaotic NGC 1316 (bottom right) with plumes, shells and loops caused by interactions and merging processes with other galaxies.
1332 galaxies labeled from NGC and PGC catalogs.
Also, across the entire image it can be seen diffuse light caused by stellar mass deteached from galaxies by interactions within the cluster.
Image made with 14h of data through LRGB filters. 10m subs.
FSQ106 at 390 mm focal + Moravian G3-16200 CCD
Taken from www.deepskychile.com
My first attempt at the Triangulum Galaxy, a spiral galaxy located 2.73 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Triangulum. It is the third-largest member of the Local Group of galaxies, behind the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy. It is one of the most distant permanent objects that can be viewed with the naked eye but only in very low light polluted areas. This is right at the limit of what my scope can presently achieve so the detail is lacking. That said I had limited data here having lost half the night's effort due to a tree invading the shots.
William Optics GT81
Flat 6AIII
Optolong L-Pro filter
ZWO ASI2600MC Pro camera
HEQ5 Pro mount
43 lights at gain 100 and -10C, 300s
40 darks
40 flats
80 bias
Bortle 4/5 skies
Stacked in DSS, edited in PS and finished in LR
Pinwheel galaxy M101 is a bright and large galaxy. It is larger than our Milky way galaxy 170,000 light years across. It’s distance from Earth is about 27 Million light years. The image also shows the newly discovered supernova SN2023ixf in the upoer arm. Gear setup: Celestron HD 8 @ f/7, iOptron GEM45 guided by OAG & ZWO174MM, ZWO 2600MC @ 0, Optolong L-Pro 2”. Light subs 25 x 300 sec, Flats 20, Darks 10, Bias 50. Total integration 2 hours. Captured by APT, Sharpcap pro, PHD2. Processed by PI & PS. Imaged from Bortle sky class 4.
- www.kevin-palmer.com - The 2nd night at Double Arrow Lookout was much clearer, and the milky way was shining bright in the southwest.
Finally, here it is. My version of the Galaxy Explorer 928!
Thanks to everyone who kept asking me if it was finished; I was trying to get it on Lego Ideas but it was not accepted as it was classed as bringing back an old Lego theme (even though there are several other Ideas which are obviously a version of old Lego Space sets and in classic space colours).
I will just have to think up something else more original!
Sunflower galaxy M63, is a spiral galaxy that lies 35 million light years from us in constellation of Canes Venatici. Gear setup: Celestron edge HD8 @ f/7, iOptron GEM45 guided by OAG + ZWO 174MM, ZWO 2600MC @ -5, Optolong L-Pro. Lights subs 180sec x 68, Darks 10, Flats 10, Bias 50, all Bin 2x2. Total exposure 3.4 hours. Captured by APT, Sharpcap pro, PHD2. Stacked in APP, Processed in PI & PS.
The Fireworks Galaxy is so-named because of its relatively frequent supernovae events. In the last century alone, NGC 6946 has experienced ten observed supernovae. In comparison, our Milky Way averages just one to two supernova events per century. The galaxy is a face-on, intermediate spiral galaxy - i.e., not quite a barred spiral (has a slight bar).
The galaxy is 25.2 million light-years away and is found between the constellations of Cepheus and Cygnus. It is about 90,000 light-years in diameter.
Date of capture: June 2, 2025
Bortle Class 5 backyard, SF Bay Area (East Bay)
Capture: 35x240sec L
Telescope: Celestron C9.25 SCT
Reducer: Starizona SCT Corrector (.63)
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC-Pro
ZWO 7-position EFW
Filters: Astronomik L
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI174MM mini
ZWO OAG-L
Mount: iOptron GEM45
Calibrated with Darks, Flats and Dark Flats
ZWO ASIAIR Plus Control and Capture
Processed with DSS, Pleiades PixInsight and Photoshop CC
It's hard to lay off of this spring target given the visual drama of the two intersecting galaxies. Here I've used a sensitive monochrome astro-cam to squeeze a lot of detail from a small scope in my suburban yard.
Tech Stuff: Questar 3.5"/ ZWO ASI 533MM/ RST-135E mount/ 85 minutes of 4 second exposures, captured with SharpCap Pro and processed with PixInsight. From my Bortle 7 yard 10 miles north of New York City.
We're only a few days away from the start of the next round of Abnormality! This two part photo series was inspired by Dr. Manhattan from The Watchmen and features two items that will be for sale at the event!
Items Featured:
||inZoxi - Destructible Planet - Earth & Moon || River of Stars - Chromatic Galaxy || (LENS FLARE EFFECT WAS ADDED IN POST)
Supernova 2021 by Abnormality Event
//August 7-28
The Andromeda Galaxy, also called Messier 31 or M31, is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way.
It is 2.5 million light years away from Earth and is the other major member of the Local Group, our local collection of galaxies.
Like the Milky Way, it is a barred spiral galaxy, so-called for the bar-like structure formed by the stars in its center.
Andromeda is about 260,000 light-years wide, according to NASA, making it the largest galaxy in the Local Group. However, its mass is roughly comparable to or even less than that of the Milky Way, according to NASA JPL
Scientists think the galaxy could be anywhere from 5 and 10 billion years old. However, it may not have existed in its current form until two or three billion years ago, when two smaller galaxies orbiting each other merged to form the current Andromeda Galaxy, according to a 2018 study.
Telescope: TMB-92
Camera: QSI-583ws
Mount: NEQ-6 with OAG
Exposures:
19x300s L
3x300s B
9x300s R,G
9x900s Ha ; 12x1200s Ha
Total: 9,6 hours
NGC 1068 is a relatively nearby spiral galaxy containing a black hole at its center that is twice as massive as the Milky Way’s. NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory shows a million-mile-per-hour wind is being driven from NGC 1068’s black hole and lighting up the center of the galaxy in X-rays.
X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical/IR: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI (HST and JWST); Radio: NSF/NRAO/VLA; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Schmidt and N. Wolk
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This is the third largest galaxy in our local group of galaxies. It lies about 2.7 million light years away. You can find it in the Triangulum Constellation.
Captured during new moon on November 14 from my back yard in South Calgary (Bortle 8)
This is 18 x 10 minute exposures calibrated with flats, darks, and bias frames.
Camera: ZWO ASI533mc-pro
Scope: Orion 80EDT-cf f/6
Mount: Celestron AVX
Filter: Optolong L-Pro 48mm
Guiding: PHD2 using an Orion SSAG guide camera
Mount Control: CPWI
Polar and Star Alignment: SharpCap and CPWI
Image acquisition: Sequence Generator Pro
Stacking, calibration, and processing: PixInsight and Adobe Photoshop
The Andromeda galaxy, or M31, the Milky Way’s largest galactic neighbour, as viewed by ESA’s Gaia satellite using information from the mission’s second data release.
This view is not a photograph but was compiled by mapping the total density of stars detected by Gaia in each pixel of the image.
Acknowledgement: Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC); A. Moitinho / A. F. Silva / M. Barros / C. Barata, University of Lisbon, Portugal; H. Savietto, Fork Research, Portugal
Credits: ESA/Gaia/DPAC
NGC 2442 and NGC 2443 are 2 x sections of a single intermediate spiral galaxy also known as the Cobra and Mouse or Meathook Galaxy. Located in the constellation Volans. This is a combination stack of 83 x 2min frames totalling 2 hours 46 mins of data. Taken on 11/11/2022 just after a full blood moon , so not the best sky for this type of capture due to the bright moon light , but I was bummed out as I had lost my 4 hous worth of blood moon data and had clear skies so wanted to shoot something. Although this was shot on a bad night due to moon phase I am pretty happy with what I got.Equipment used -Sky watcher Quattro 250 P on a NEQ6 Pro mount and QHY 183c Pro camera with my new PrimaluceLab Sesto senso robotic focuser. Oh what a difference good focus makes.
My second record of the small (view from Earth) Galaxy NGC 2997 (located in the Constellation of Antlia). In this record (which has a much longer total exposure time compared to the previous record), I was able to better capture some features of the galaxy, but there is still a lot to be done. The stacked frames (captured on 03 consecutive nights) totaled 12 hours and 15 minutes of exposure.
"NGC 2997 is an unbarred spiral galaxy, located about 40 million light years away in the constellation of Antlia. NGC 2997 contains hundreds of billions of stars and is believed to have a mass of about 100 billion times that of our Sun, but probably less massive than our Milky Way. The galaxy is moving away from us at about 1085 kilometers per second ". Source: annesastronomynews.com/
Sky-Watcher 203mm F/5 EQ5 reflector with Onstep, Canon T6 (primary focus) modified, Optolong L-eNhance filter (part of the frames). Guidescope 50mm with ASI 290MC. 147 light frames (58x300" ISO 800 + L-eNhance: 89x300" ISO 1600), 80 dark frames. Processing: Sequator and PixInsight.
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Here we see the strong bar and unusual spirals of this large and bright nearby spiral galaxy.
Long exposure. Color saturated version.
M83
CHI-1, 24 inch telescope.
Planewave CDK24 60 cm TELESCOPE
F-6.5
FLI ProLine PL9000 CCD.
Telescope live, Chile.
PI, LR, PS
12 hours 30 minutes total LRGB exposure.
Andromeda galaxy.
At last, I managed to arrive in a zone where light pollution is minimum, and the atmosphere quiet and clean. Altai, Kuray.
SQM showed me about 21.90 mag/arcsec, bright Milky Way was looked through to the horizon.
Only luminance channel has been shooted - 36 frames on 600 sec. And some short frames - 50 frames on 10 sec.
Focal length ~387mm, aperture ~f/4.8
QHY163m camera.
M81 and M82 are two galaxies both about 12 million lightyears from. Taken with my telescope from a backyard unter suburban skies.
Skywatcher NEQ6
ZWO ASI1600mm-pro
ZWO ASI 290mini
Astrodon 31mm LRGB Filters
Explore Scientific 127 ED FCD100
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初春獵戶下山後又到了小星系掛半空的日子。手上沒有長焦鏡也就勉強選上了相對較大和明亮的M51 星系試拍看看。
M51 星系的特別之處，是在北斗斗柄最尾搖光的南方不遠處。它早在 18 世紀已被天文學家率先發現的螺旋星系，那是我們還不知道星雲與星系分別的時代呢。
M51 星系與我們距離只有約二千多萬光年，因為是正面對著我們關係，所以可以清楚見到它的漩臂結構。它的一支漩臂在它的伴星系 M51B 前面掠過，週邊還可以看到重力拉扯下激起的潮汐碎片。
Photo by - Michael Leung
Location: Yinna, China
Date: 3/3/2016
Camera: CentralDS 600D @ -16c
Telescope: Borg 90FL w/1.08 Flattener ( 540mm f/6)
Mount: iOptron ZEQ25 Guided QHY5LII Mono
Setting: ISO 1600, 240s x21 (Darkframe / Bias)
Process: PI, PS (Drizzle / Crop)
香港拍攝難度：★★ (五星最高)
建議鏡頭焦距：400mm+
適合拍攝月份：1 月 ~ 5 月 (香港)
大概方向：北斗七星附近