Whirlpool and Sombrero 02/02/22

[Les Ewan]

Tried to forget this troubled World for a while this morning and no better place to do it than among the galaxies of the super cluster. Took some time out to image two of every ones favourite The Whirlpool and Sombrero.

A lovely night with only a slight frost and no wind, not much dewing either. At around 03:30 however a easterly breeze sprung up and a bank of cloud spread in from the direction of the North Sea!😒 

I used a 400P driven Dob and a Nikon 3200 DSLR at prime focus.

Whirlpool.....20 sec exposure at 1600ISO

Sombrero.....20 sec exposure at 3200ISO

Used the RAW setting and a little tweaking with Fastone

[mikemabel]

well done on getting the sombrero galaxy.....must be very low in the sky ?