alan4908 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Located in Pisces, M74 is a face on spiral galaxy 30 million light years away. Due to its very low surface brightness, it is also known as the phantom galaxy. Blue stars and red ionised hydrogen regions dominate the outer arms, whilst older yellow stars are prevalent towards the core. Gravitation forces from two nearby satellite galaxies, slightly distort the spiral structure. In recent years, several supernovas have also been detected. Finally, have a look in the background for tiny distant galaxies, some of which display ring structures. This LRGB image represents 15 hours and was taken with my Esprit 150. Alan LIGHTS: L:39,R:18,G:19,B:15 x 600s. 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Paris Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Very detailed view of a photogenic galaxy, nicely done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan4908 Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 On 12/02/2023 at 15:38, Dan_Paris said: Very detailed view of a photogenic galaxy, nicely done! Thanks - BlurXterminator helped with extracting the detail ! Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorann Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Very impressive image Alan! I guessed that BlurXT had been involved but obviously it had great data to work with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomato Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Yes, a great image of a challenging galaxy👍🏼 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan4908 Posted February 15 Author Share Posted February 15 9 hours ago, gorann said: Very impressive image Alan! I guessed that BlurXT had been involved but obviously it had great data to work with. Thanks Gorann - yes, the data was not too bad, I'm also fortunate to have quite dark skies in this part of the UK. 7 hours ago, tomato said: Yes, a great image of a challenging galaxy👍🏼 Thanks ! Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinB Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 A beautiful image Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan4908 Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 On 16/02/2023 at 10:03, MartinB said: A beautiful image Alan Thanks Martin ! Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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