Needle Galaxy

[Magnum]

Captured the Needle Galaxy NGC4565 and many friends on Saturday night. When it comes to galaxies this is one of the Jewels of the sky. I captured this with 2 scopes and cameras simultaneously to save time. The Luminance was taken with the Meade Series 500 F7.5 Triplet 25 x 5 mins and the RGB was taken with the Altair 102 F7 Triplet. 26 x 5 mins. so about 4hrs total exposure so far.Have included a plate solve of some of the brighter companions but if you look just off the bottom right tip of the main galaxy there are a whole bunch of tiny ones .

[ollypenrice]

Very nice indeed and done with modest aperture. 

Olly

[Magnum]

Thanks Olly, 

Lee