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NGC 4298 and NGC 4302


Bill S

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I observed this pair of galaxies in April having seen a sketch of them by Dale Holt of the Webb Deep Sky Society. Dale has his own version of EEVA. He uses an analogue Watec camera feeding onto a screen to increase the light gathering of his 505 cm reflector. He then records his observation by sketching them.

My method is with a Lodestar X2 on a 20 cm Newtonian captured, stacked and processed using Starlight Live and Jocular.

My reason for posting them - I just think they look interesting.
 


 

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They were the subject of the Hubble Space Telescope's 27th Anniversary image in 2017.

https://scitechdaily.com/hubbles-celebrates-27th-anniversary-with-image-of-spiral-galaxies-ngc-4302-and-ngc-4298/

 

Some of Dale Holt's recent sketches can be seen on the Webb Deep Sky Society's web site:

https://www.webbdeepsky.com/observations/

Best regards

Bill

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Hi Bill, This was my first target last night and I was well rewarded. Thanks for pointing this one out. In fact I went back to it 40 minutes later when it was darker and had a second look. Mike

 

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