A couple of galaxies from last night

[Astrodragon]

Finally a clear-ish dark night.

M100 - Quite a bright galaxy, I'm surprised not to see more shots of it

FS-152 @ F8, 85min, SXV-H9

Full size :

http://server145.newmoon.uk.com/~astrodra/Pages/Images/m100L2a(44).jpg

M63, the Sunflower

FS-152 @ F8, 70min, SXV-H9

Full size :

http://server145.newmoon.uk.com/~astrodra/Pages/Images/M63L1b(36).jpg

[Carl]

Is it possible to see a galaxy with;

http://www.celestron.uk.com/catalogues/view_item.asp?ItemID=30583&CatalogueID=272&CategoryID=3762

Cause that`s the scope i`ve got.

And i can`t make heads and tails of what the specs mean.

thanks

Carl

[geppetto]

Very nice images 8)

Oh, both links are to the same image

[Astrodragon]

oops!

Fixed.

[Caz]

2 very nice shots there AD... 8) I'm betting theres bags more info to be brought out of those shots..

We don't get too many M100's or The Sunflower Galaxy for that matter. I especially like the sunflower, beautiful detail..

Well done, and more of please!

Caz

[garymcgrory]

really stunning images thanks

Gary

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Excellent images. Like Caz said, we should get more of these. I'm off to look them up to see where they are kept.

Super stuff AD.

Captain Chaos

[Astroman]

Is it possible to see a galaxy with;

<SNIP> 4.5" F/8 reflector

thanks

Carl

Sure, but they won't look like much more than a slightly brighter area against dark sky/stars, and it takes a non-light polluted area to view from. Chuck Messier saw them all with a 3" scope, but his skies were darker. I've seen most of the M's with a 4.5" F/6, so it's possible.

Good luck!

[Astrodragon]

Is it possible to see a galaxy with;

<SNIP> 4.5" F/8 reflector

thanks

Carl

Sure, but they won't look like much more than a slightly brighter area against dark sky/stars, and it takes a non-light polluted area to view from. Chuck Messier saw them all with a 3" scope, but his skies were darker. I've seen most of the M's with a 4.5" F/6, so it's possible.

Good luck!

Given dark skies, all but 4 of the messier objects are visible in a 3" refractor....

[Rob]

Nice images... 8)

[anthony]

Lovely shots there

[CELESCOPE]

nice ones Dave , showing some really good detail and a fantastic close in job , excellent , be glad when i,m up and running to get these galaxies close in ,

Cheers

Rog

[Cloudgazer]

Very nice pic's Astrodragon ... If you've got any more feel free to share them.

Scott

[Jamie]

Is it possible to see a galaxy with;

http://www.celestron.uk.com/catalogues/view_item.asp?ItemID=30583&CatalogueID=272&CategoryID=3762

Cause that`s the scope i`ve got.

And i can`t make heads and tails of what the specs mean.

thanks

Carl

Sure you can see a galaxy with that scope mate.

M31 should be no problem at all (but it will just look like an oval fuzzie)

[ZOG]

Lovely images, thanks for sharing them.

[SteelRat]

Real nice shots Dave. Like em 8)

[Carl]

thanks alot might try that some time(where`s M31? :?).

Nice images BTW Astrodragon we should have more galaxy images on here i`ve always wanted to look at them.

[Astrodragon]

Very nice pic's Astrodragon ... If you've got any more feel free to share them.

Scott

Nothing recent, I'm afraid.

Its been an appalling winter for imaging

[Martin 2]

Very nice images,

M2

[dazza1639]

Great stuff keep'em comming

Darren