Whats this Please....

Shawn · #1 31-05-2025, 08:26 AM

Accidentally imaged, while I was focusing. I have no idea what or where it was. But I would like to revisit on a clearer night for an imaging run..

doppler (Rick) · #2 31-05-2025, 08:55 AM

Pretty sure its this fairly bright galaxy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_4945

ChrisV (Chris) · #3 31-05-2025, 09:11 AM

Sure is ngc4945
Nova.astrometey.net is really useful for occasions like this

Center (RA, Dec): (196.604, -49.519)
Center (RA, hms): 13h 06m 24.943s
Center (Dec, dms): -49° 31' 08.722"
Size: 2.1 x 1.76 deg
Radius: 1.368 deg
Pixel scale: 8.46 arcsec/pixel

Leo.G (Leo) · #4 31-05-2025, 05:01 PM

Pretty, I wish I could make mistakes that look so good!

Dekker (Derrick) · #5 31-05-2025, 05:41 PM

Funnily enough, I also accidentally discovered C83 mid last year... I stacked an image from my finder scope.

Shawn · #6 01-06-2025, 07:07 AM

Stumbled on it, It was visible through the Bahtinov in focus mode, Just...
Now I know what it is, Ill revisit...Thankyou gents....