Ngc 470 And Ngc 474 (arp 227) In Pisces

[Aggelos Kechagias]

A tough deepsky object especially if you are using a small refractor like SW ed 80. Anyway it seems that this small semiapo telescope can do more things than we think it can.

Hope you like it.

 

 

Location : Mt Parnon & Athens-Keratea (Pegasus Observatory 2.5)
Constellation : Pisces
Telescope : Skywatcher ed80 f/7.5
CCD : Atik 428ex
Temperature of ccd : -10  celcius
Mount : Eq6
Guided with : Ts oag
Focal Reducer/Flattener : No
Image scale : 1.56 arcsec / pixel
Field of view: 50.25 ''x 37.77 ''
Filters : 2" Baader
Filter Wheel : Starlight Express
Focusing with Pegasus Astro Dual Motor Focus Controller
Sub-exposures :
Lum 42 x 600sec
Red 38 x 300sec
Green 20 x 300sec
Blue 15 x 300sec
Calibration frames : Bias,Flats,Darks
Stacking with median combine Maxim DL
Capture : Nebulosity 3,Maxim DL
Process : Photoshop CS6
Tracking : Eqmod

[PatrickGilliland]

Nice work and super target.  Added that to the list

It looks a little red overall on my colour calibrated monitor here FYI.

Paddy 

[Adriano]

Very nice image. Beautiful galaxies. Thanks for posting.

[Knight of Clear Skies]

Fantastic image, who says elliptical galaxies are boring? (In a short exposure, NGC 474 on the right appears fairly featureless.)

[Aggelos Kechagias]

Thanks for your comments guys.

Paddy it seems good on my two monitors.

Take a look on my histogram .

[symesie04]

Stunning image and rare to see. Lovely detail with so much going on.