NGC4216 and friends

[cometcatcher]

Galaxies NGC4222, NGC4216 and NGC4206 + other fainter ones. Island universes that illuminate the darkness of space. The center piece, NGC4216 being some 55 million light years away.

Skywatcher PDS300 12" F5 Newtonian, ZWO ASI 183mm Pro, 436 x 30 seconds, Svbony LRGB filter set, Modified NEQ6 Pro.

Astrobin for full size. ---> https://astrob.in/yznfdv/0/

[Maurice]

Hi Kevin

This looks really nice.
I love the composition of the image.

Cheers
Maurice

[strongmanmike]

Lovely trio of galaxies that Kevin, look like three cucumbers...looking for a cat to startle :P (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agi4geKb8v8) I prefer the colour variation though, rather than if they were all green :P

Nice job :thumbsup:

Mike

[alpal]

Looks great Kevin,
3.6 hours wasn't long enough to pick
up the tidal streams but I think I see a hint of them there:
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap101127.html


cheers
Allan

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Maurice!



Thanks Mike. Cucumbers give me wind anyway. I prefer galaxies. ;)



Wow, I hadn't seen that one before Allan. The weather has been terrible this season so I am cramming to get anything these days. And the 183 isn't that sensitive. I don't think I could ever get the tidal streams here on a northern object. I can't get the hours.

[multiweb]

Another cool galaxy shot. :thumbsup: Great details in the central one dust lanes. Looks very 3D.

[markas]

Great image:thumbsup::thumbsup:
Mark

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Marc and Mark.

Apparently the center galaxy NGC4216 has an absolute magnitude brighter than the Andromeda galaxy.

[gregbradley]

Excellent Kevin.

Those are new ones for me.

Greg.

[marc4darkskies]

That's a great image Kevin. :thumbsup: The star shapes are a little odd - just a minor distraction from an otherwise beautiful shot though.

[cometcatcher]

New to me too Greg, thanks.



Thanks Marc. This was mostly unguided 30 sec subs. I'm having drama with my old laptop and it's USB ports. Sometimes the guide camera works, sometimes not. And I have a bad habit of keeping elongated star subs.

[PKay]

That bucket certainly captures the photons.

Good one Kev :thumbsup:

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Peter.