Sombrero Galaxy Messier 104
The Sombrero Galaxy, Messier 104 (M104) is in the constellation Virgo. From my vantage point, it just makes it high enough over the roof of my house to snap a few pictures. The image below was taken on April 24, 2016 using a Canon 6D, Meade 12” LX90, both mounted on a Celestron CGEM-DX mount, unguided. I used a mix of 15-second exposure at ISO 5000 and 6400 to combine 7-minutes of data. I tried several targets, all less than 10-minutes total exposure time so I could test out my collimation of the Meade telescope.
I used the following software packages in producing this image: DeepSkyStacker, ImagesPlus, Adobe Lightroom, and Corel Paintshop Pro.
The Sombrero Galaxy is about 50,000,000 light years away with an apparent magnitude of 8.3.
Sombrero Galaxy Messier 104
The Sombrero Galaxy, Messier 104 (M104) is in the constellation Virgo. From my vantage point, it just makes it high enough over the roof of my house to snap a few pictures. The image below was taken on April 24, 2016 using a Canon 6D, Meade 12” LX90, both mounted on a Celestron CGEM-DX mount, unguided. I used a mix of 15-second exposure at ISO 5000 and 6400 to combine 7-minutes of data. I tried several targets, all less than 10-minutes total exposure time so I could test out my collimation of the Meade telescope.
I used the following software packages in producing this image: DeepSkyStacker, ImagesPlus, Adobe Lightroom, and Corel Paintshop Pro.
The Sombrero Galaxy is about 50,000,000 light years away with an apparent magnitude of 8.3.