NGC 4725 and Longmore Tritton 5

[Fegato]

NGC 4725 is a barred spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices. It is over 100,000 light years across and lies at a distance of 41 million light years. Just above it in this frame is NGC 4747, another spiral galaxy. And another one, NGC 4712, sits below (this is small but looks quite a pretty one for a higher resolution set up). Nearby lies Longmore Tritton 5, a planetary nebula 2609 light years distant. With awful weather this winter, getting the data for this was painful, requiring multiple sessions and a lot of throwing away of subs. I don't shoot many galaxies, so the processing doesn't really come naturally, and getting the balance between the galaxy and PN, plus adding in Ha and OIII were added complexities. My motivation levels haven't been great this year, with weather and equipment issues giving me grief, so it took me a good few weeks to have a go at this data. This attempt doesn't feel quite right, but I'm not going to do any more at the moment, so here it is!

RASA 11 v2 on CEM120, ASi2400MC Pro, 28 x 30" and 60 x 60", plus enhanced narrowband from 80 x 120" and 12 x 180" with NBZ dual narrowband filter.

[glafnazur]

That's really nice. It's the first time I've seen Longmore Tritton 5 and it looks good in the same field of view as the galaxies.

[callisto]

Very nice...a few faint fuzzies in that image 👍   

Mark

 

[WolfieGlos]

Nice image, I've not heard of or seen these before, but it's an interesting field. 

[ollypenrice]

It is a great field and that one-armed spiral is one of my favourite galaxies.

Olly