Virgo cluster including M84, M86, M87. 30 x 40s subs at ISO 200 for total of 20 min. Aligned and stacked in Siril. Stretched and processed in Startools.
What a great night last night. Found my first Virgo cluster galaxies!
Located without seeing anything in my finderscope - figured I must be in the right place as there were almost no stars. Had to take a quick shot at high ISO to confirm there were galaxies there. Really pleased to see 3 Messier galaxies and a whole bunch more pop out after 20 min. If I hadn't spent a hour messing about with polar alignment and collimation I would have grabbed more integration time. Oh well - lesson learned.
While this was imaging I got out my binoculars and found M104 too. Will try to image if there's another good night like last night.
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