NGC253 - The Sculptor Galaxy
Object Information
Found in the southern constellation Scuptor, NGC253 is a distinctive spiral galaxy and the brightest of the 8 million light year distant Sculptor Galaxy Group and is about half the diameter of the Milky Way. It is easily seen in smaller telescopes and wonderful in larger scopes. Click HERE for a close up image.
Imaging Info
Optics: TEC 140 @ f7 Camera: QHY10 Exposure: 14 x 10 min Mount/Guding: AP900 with off-axis guiding on DSI Processing: Dark Subtract & stack in Nebulosity; Levels & Curves in PS CS5 Location: Borrego Springs, CA Date: 10/25/14 Comments: Average seeing. Clouded over after midnight.
NGC253 - Sculptor galaxy - close up
Imaging Info
Optics: Celestron Edge HD1100 at f7 Camera: QHY10 Exposure: 23 x 10 min Mount/Guiding: AP900/OAG with QHY5LII Processing: Levels/Curves in PS CS5; Dark Frame Subtract, registered & stacked in Nebulosity Location: Borrego Springs, CA Date: 10/24/19 Comments: High thin clouds, poor seeing.
NGC891
Object Information
This wonderful edge-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda contains some excellent detail along its dust lane but it is a faint elongated cloud with a hint of the dark lane in small telescopes. It is about 30 million light years away.
Imaging Info
Optics: Celestron Edge HD1100 at f7 Camera: QSI583WSG Exposure: 18 x 10 min Lum 4 x 10 min each RGB Mount/Guiding: AP900/Lodestar off-axis Processing: Pixinsight and final touch-up in PS CS5; Image Capture: Sequence Generator Pro Location: Borrego Springs, CA Date: 10/27/22 Comments: Clear skies, good seeing.
NGC4565
Object Information
This spectacular spiral galaxy in the direction of the constellation Coma Bernices is one of the finest examples of a view of a spiral galaxy from the "edge-on" view. In fact this is the largest edge-on view galaxies as seen from the earth at 100,000 light years in diameter (the Milky Way is about 150,000 light years wide) and 53.4 million light years away.
Imaging Info
Optics: Celestron Edge HD1100 at f7 Camera: QHY10 Exposure: 17 x 10 min Mount/Guiding: AP900/Meade DSI off-axis Processing: Levels/Curves in PS CS5; Dark Frame Subtract, registered & stacked in Nebulosity Location: Bear Valley Springs, CA Date: 2/10/16 Comments: Clear skies, average seeing.
NGC4631
Object Information
NGC4631 is an interesting edge-on galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici sometimes referred to as the "Whale Galaxy" due to it's humped and elongated shape. Near-by neighbor includes the small elliptical galaxy NGC4627 and another large edge-on galaxy NGC4656 with an unusual curved north end.
Imaging Info
Optics: TEC 140 @ f7 Camera: Canon Rebel XT (350D) modified; Type 1a filter ISO 800 Exposure: 36 x 5 min Mount/Guiding: G11; ST4 through TV85 Processing: Dark Subtract & stack in DeepSkyStacker; Levels & Curves in PS7; NeatImage noise reduction Location: Cottonwood Springs, CA Date: 4/6/08
Comments: Clear skies. Average to poor seeing.
NGC6946 (The fireworks galaxy)
Object Information
NGC6946 is a wonderful edge-on galaxy in the northern constellation Cepheus aptly referred to as the "Fireworks Galaxy." Due to dusty foreground from our own Milky Way galaxy, this galaxy appears more hazy brown and less blue.
Imaging Info
Optics: Celestron HD1100 @ f7 Camera: QHY268M; Exposure: 45 Lum x 1 min, 13 RGB x 3 min each; Mount/Guiding: AP900; QHY OAGM with QHY5III585C autoguider; Processing: Pixinsight; Final adjustments in Photoshop CS5; Location: Twentynine Palms, CA Date: 7/3/24
Comments: Clear skies. Average seeing.
NGC7331 & Stephen's Quintet
Object Information
NGC7331 is the fairly bright and elongated spiral galaxy seen here at the right almost edge on from our viewpoint. This galaxy lies about 48 million light years away towards the constellation Pegasus and is surrounded by several fainter galaxies of which at least 4 are just viewable in this image. Stephen's Quintet is the cluster of five faint galaxies on the left including NGC7317, NGC7318A&B, NGC7319 and NGC7320. These are a mix of spiral and eliptical galaxies with NGC7318A and NGC7318B interacting with a common halo. Large telescopes are needed to see these visually with the brightest being only 13th magnitude.
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Imaging Info
Optics: TEC 140 @ f7 Camera: Canon Rebel XT (350D) modified; Type 1a filter ISO 800 Exposure: 10 x 10 min Mount/Guiding: G11; ST4 through STV70 Processing: Dark Subtract & stack in DeepSkyStacker; Levels & Curves in PS CS5 Location: Tehachapi, CA Date: 9/11/10
Comments: Clear skies. Average seeing. Enjoyed first time imaging next to Craig Gates observatory on the ridge above Bear Valley.