cometcatcher
01-05-2018, 10:17 PM
Antenna galaxies NGC4038/4039. I've been struggling for sky time since I started this project in March. Transparency was not the best either. But I need to finish it so here it is. :P
I've also figured out why my bright stars are elongated 2 O'clock / 8 O'clock. It's caused by mirror slap vibration. The 1100D has no mirror lockup ability. The only way around this that I can think of is to take less subs per total integration time. Less mirror slaps = less artifacts. Or use another camera.
GSO 10" F4 Newtonian, Canon 1100Dfs, 565 x 30 and 45 sec subs for a total of about 5 hours.
Bigger at Astrobin ----> https://astrob.in/344716/0/
From Wiki " The Antennae Galaxies, also known as NGC 4038/NGC 4039, are a pair of interacting galaxies in the constellation Corvus, 45 / 65 million light years away. They are currently going through a starburst phase, in which the collision of clouds of gas and dust, with entangled magnetic fields, causes rapid star formation. They were discovered by William Herschel in 1785.
I've also figured out why my bright stars are elongated 2 O'clock / 8 O'clock. It's caused by mirror slap vibration. The 1100D has no mirror lockup ability. The only way around this that I can think of is to take less subs per total integration time. Less mirror slaps = less artifacts. Or use another camera.
GSO 10" F4 Newtonian, Canon 1100Dfs, 565 x 30 and 45 sec subs for a total of about 5 hours.
Bigger at Astrobin ----> https://astrob.in/344716/0/
From Wiki " The Antennae Galaxies, also known as NGC 4038/NGC 4039, are a pair of interacting galaxies in the constellation Corvus, 45 / 65 million light years away. They are currently going through a starburst phase, in which the collision of clouds of gas and dust, with entangled magnetic fields, causes rapid star formation. They were discovered by William Herschel in 1785.