drjolo Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 (edited) Last year was not the best in terms of total number of subframes I was able to collect, but still, I captured a few galaxies. Most of them are well known or very well known targets. But maybe one or two are a little bit more exotic All images were captured in my backyard telescope under moderately light polluted sky. Equipment: Meade ACF 10" f/10 with Astro Physics reducer, QHY163M with Baader filters and EQ6 mount. Stephan's Quintet. Conditions were decent - good transparency and good seeing, but the weather did not allowed to capture more data. So the total exposures are L 120x2 minutes, RGB 50:30:40 x 1 minute. NGC3718. This one was on my astroimaging list since I remember. But it was last year, when the conditions were good enough, so I took a chance on it under my suburban sky. It is LRGB 460x2 minutes. NGC5033. Not a primary astrophotography target, but it is quite an interesting object. However requires both good seeing and transparenty to capture and reveal any details. I had both of them during the exposures, but I also had a Moon as a bonus, so the outcome is not as good as I would like to. LRGB 350x2 minutes. Messier 85 and NGC4394. Usually elliptical galaxies are quite boring, but M85 is not a perfect elliptical blob. It is asymmetric and also contains some features, however not well defined. They are better revealed at the contour pseudo color images below. LRGB 300x2 minutes. Messier 98. It is almost edge-on galaxy located in Coma Berenices. It is one of the most difficult Messier object to observe due to low surface brightness. Due to large inclination capturing any details requires good seeing. and low brightness requires good transparency. I had only this second condition, so the amount of detail is not large. LRGB 325x2 minutes. Messier 63 Sunflower. It is an iconic object. It was the first time I captured any data of this target, because I always waited for better seeing and transparency to catch some of M63 dusty details. LRGB 375x2 minutes. Thanks for watching! Edited January 26, 2021 by drjolo 31 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter shah Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 stunning set of images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyJamie Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Fantastic images drjolo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drjolo Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 Thank you ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig a Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Fantastic set of galaxys, sunflower looks awesome one of my favourites that galaxy is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomato Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 A superb set of galaxy images, so much fine detail captured.👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooth_dr Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 A very very impressive set of captures, thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backyard Space Dude Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Incredible images! I love the sunflower the best, the detail is so crisp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adreneline Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Amazing set of images Lucas - I really like M63. Thanks for sharing. Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayson Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Nodding Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Lovely set of images! 👍🏻 Noddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glafnazur Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Wow, superb images 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Newbould Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Wow! what a wonderful set of images, my personal fave among them is m63 though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drjolo Posted February 4, 2021 Author Share Posted February 4, 2021 Thank you! I would love to have more nights like the one I captured data for M63. At my backyard observatory clean air and good transparency are the only ways to fight LP (at least for LRGB imaging). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drjolo Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 Two years later I have attempted to process M63 data one more time - data as before 375x2 minutes with Meade ACF 10" telescope and Baader LRGB filters with QHY163M camera. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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