markas
12-05-2018, 04:52 PM
This was shot from Macedon 8th May - the sky cleared for once!!!! :eyepop:
The two galaxies aren't often imaged singly or together. Time was very limited, so it is just 3hr RGB. I'd like to hope I can add to the data, but all the pointers are that it won't be this May...
FOV of the main pic is ~70' x 100', and the two crops are ~ 20' x 22'.
In the full image I counted 15+ galaxies - some very faint.
Final LRGB image processed in Pixinsight - a synthetic L built from all 36 subs.
Telescope alignment is not quite spot on - I hope only one iteration away!
Incidentally, the spiral on the left is about 22Mly distant, but the lenticular on the right is 80Mly away. It is really massive - about 10 times the size of the Milky Way!
The two galaxies aren't often imaged singly or together. Time was very limited, so it is just 3hr RGB. I'd like to hope I can add to the data, but all the pointers are that it won't be this May...
FOV of the main pic is ~70' x 100', and the two crops are ~ 20' x 22'.
In the full image I counted 15+ galaxies - some very faint.
Final LRGB image processed in Pixinsight - a synthetic L built from all 36 subs.
Telescope alignment is not quite spot on - I hope only one iteration away!
Incidentally, the spiral on the left is about 22Mly distant, but the lenticular on the right is 80Mly away. It is really massive - about 10 times the size of the Milky Way!