With the weather starting heading towards winter one never really knows how many nights will be available for imaging. Over a couple of nights in the last week I have picked up some integration time on the Sombrero Galaxy (M104). It has been on my imaging list for many, many years. I took a single sub of it three years ago but never got the chance to go further with the image. With any luck I can pick up another 5-7 hours next week to beat down the noise in the back ground (the stuff I can see on my monitor). Not to mention the effect that high cloud had on my blue channel.
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Edit: the link now shows the updated image with 13.75 hours. The attached image on the right has the new data added.
Halo now quite visible