M64 - Not M94!

[silentrunning]

On opening PI for the first time in ages I discovered I had some unprocessed color data of M94 and figured I would try and get some L subs last night. Well I thought M94 was the Black Eye galaxy so started imaging only later to realise M94 is The Croc Eye galaxy! So I ended up with 2 hours worth of 10 min subs of the Black Eye galaxy, M64! DOH! Oh well I haven't imaged this before so I let the sequence complete.

This was a tough one to process. It's angular size is smaller than I imagined and all but the black strip in the heart of the galaxy is a very milky, almost undefined oval around it. I've managed to pull out some detail of what looks like some spiral structure but overall much tougher than I imagined it would be. Looking across the web I can't find any staggering amateur images of it so I guess it is a toughy.

I did manage to get a few subs on M94 which I've yet to process but I feel 4 frames won't be enough to do it justice.

Anyways here's M64.

[lux eterna]

Nice details there. I guess this is one of those that will not reveal much more without proffessional gear. So keep collecting colour data when possible and you will have one of the best M64 images out there.

Ragnar

[silentrunning]

Thanks Ragnar.

Hopefully I will be able to get some colour data at some point.