NGC5746 / NGC 5740 galaxies in Virgo

[cometcatcher]

There's fun to be had with galaxies in Virgo. NGC5746 is a mag 10.6 galaxy and the smaller NGC5740 at mag 11.9. The bright star at the bottom is 109 Virgo at mag 3.7. Due to my silly indoor observatory I had to shoot these at low elevation to get them.

This is a crop of the full frame, which has a fair bit of coma. If I'm lucky the postman should deliver a nice new Baader MKIII coma corrector tomorrow. :)

6 inch F5 Newtonian, 71 x 30 second subs at ISO 3200, Pentax K-x on an HEQ5 Pro unguided.

[ZeroID]

Not bad all the same, especially for unguided. Wel done.

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Brent. The new coma corrector is installed. Now the fun begins! (clouds permitting)

[Screech]

When you say unguided, do you mean motorizes but without an additional auto guider?

[nebulosity.]

Cool stuff Kevin, have you tried of M86 way? your wider FOV would capture a nice amount of galaxies.



Yes, motorised tracking but without an auto guider adjustments.

Jo

[cometcatcher]

I would have to move the scope to reach that far north. My present "observatory" is very limited. My limit is about +5 degrees at the moment unfortunately.

Yes Screech, motorised but no guiding or corrections. Although I have all the parts, I've been lazy to setup computer guiding. I do often manually guide with a guidescope and illuminated eyepiece though. I might set it up tonight.