Just Seen My 1st Galaxy (sort of)

[Mark1970Vintage]

I've been unable to see any Galaxies visuallly so decided to put the camera (Canon EOS40D) on my scope and see what it showed up @ high iso long exposure. Here is the result when pointed at M66/65. Dead chuffed. I think you can even make out the faint spirals in the left galaxy. Even when I knew they were there I stillcouldn't see them with my own eyes.

Faint Fuzzies : M66 & M65 by Mark1970Vintage, on Flickr

[paul schofield]

Congratulations on your first galaxies. I bet you bag a truck load when the skies darken in a couple of months. Well done.

[Tinker1947]

Nice 1, now there's only 108 Messier objects to go..

[Charon]

Well done Mark, thats one more than me.

[Double Kick Drum]

Congratulations on finding them.

M65 and M66 make a nice pair.

Happy hunting!

[JamesM]

Well done on locating your first galaxies. As Paul has said above, you will capture a lot more (visually) with the arrival of longer darker nights. Good effort by the way.

James

[PorkyB]

I have just been looking at sunrise/sunset data, courtesy of the US military. We (I'm in Birmingham) don't get astronomical darkness now until August, so anyone looking for galaxies will have to be patient or lucky.

Makes the photo even more impressive, nice one!

[Ganymede12]

I have never seen a galaxy through my own telescope but I was allowed to have a peek through someone else's dob. I can't wait for the andromeda galaxy to come back so I can have a look at that.

[Mark1970Vintage]

M3 and M5 globular clusters were looking mighty fine tonight. I'm getting much more adept at spotting faint fuzzies down to about mag 6.5.... After that the lp and lack of astronomical darkness is the issue. Enjoyed showing friends the moon and Saturn tonight too.