A Pair of Spring Favorites

Dick Steinberg

 February 26, 2012

We're into the spring galaxy season!

Hyperion images captured last night at Blue Mountain Vista Observatory in LRGB color.

NGC4565, the flying saucer galaxy in Canes Venatici:

http://www.physics.drexel.edu/~steinberg/astro2/ngc galaxies/ngc4565/ngc4565-LRGB-60-20-20-20.jpg

and M104, the Sombrero galaxy in Virgo:

http://www.physics.drexel.edu/~steinberg/astro2/messier gallery/m101-m110/m104-LRGB-60-20-20-20.jpg

Also upgraded Messier gallery images of  M49,  M68,  M88,  M89,  M90,  M91 .

Object identification maps: M49 , M88 , M89 , M90, M91

Dick

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Starizona Hyperion 317mm f/8 corrected Cassegrain - Paramount ME - Apogee U16M - 4096x4096 nine-micron pixels binned 2x2 - 0.73 arc-sec/unbinned pixel - field-of-view 50 arc-min square - image acquisition and processing with MaxIm DL 5.14 - calibration (dusk-flat/dark/bias) - system automation: CCD Commander 1.6.67 - piggy-back guider Takahashi FSQ106 + Orion StarShoot Pro V1 camera - 5-minute subexposures - Blue Mountain Vista Observatory.

Object id maps based on Chris Marriott's  SkyMap Pro , V11

Astrophoto webpage:
http://www.physics.drexel.edu/~steinberg/Astro Welcome.html