NGC 1073 LRGB

[Freddie]

Got the subs for this a week or so back whilst I was waiting for my intended target to come into view. Wanted to get this as the galaxy is nice enough in itself but research had shown there was something of interest in the same FOV. It's 7x15mins L and 4x3mins each for RGB.

What's of particular interest though is that there are 3 quasars showing through the arms of the galaxy which are shown more clearly in the inverted L image below

The galaxy is ~50 million light years away which is far enough but the quasars (from top to bottom) are ~10 billion, ~5 billion and ~ 9 billion light years away!!!!

[johnrt]

That's very nice Freddie, must be very low in the sky though even for us Kentish imagers.

[roytraveller]

A very nice image of a distant galaxy. I like the image of the quasars plenty of detail.

Roy

 

Celestron C 8 SGT, CG5 Mount, Canon 1100D, DBK au04 AS

[PatrickGilliland]

Nice work Freddie, Quasars have to be my favourite type of object out there.  Trying to comprehend them makes my little mind hurt.  The galaxy looks nice too as well, interesting object.

Paddy 

[Freddie]

Thanks for your comments guys.

Position wise it's slightly higher than Orion. Took these quite early so not best position but it was more about capturing those quasars rather than wanting best position to capture good subs for the galaxy.

I'm with you Paddy. It's hard to comprehend these ages and distances. That top one is over 70% the age of the universe and it's going to take more than a long weekend if you fancy going on holiday there!!!!!

[wimvb]

Cool stuff. That's an unusual target, and a great write up.

Thanks for sharing.

[Space Cowboy]

Great work Freddie! Hubble would be proud!

[neil phillips]

No wonder i listened to you when i tried some amateurish globs. Looks classy. Great work on capturing a  quasar

[Tom OD]

cool, a new one for me. Never saw this before I think. 

[ollypenrice]

New for me too. Great on the Quasars.

Olly

[Freddie]

Thanks for the comments guys. I enjoy the research to find something out of the ordinary, glad you found it interesting.