by Lucadinoi » Fri Apr 29, 2022 10:48 am
NGC 4565 (also known as C 38 or the Ago Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy in the Coma Berenices constellation. It is easily identified 2.5 degrees southeast of the star γ Comae Berenices; it is perfectly cut, so it looks like a long spindle. Visible even with modest instruments, in 200mm aperture telescopes the view is wonderful: for the entire length of the galaxy a dark band is clearly evident, in a slightly asymmetrical position with respect to the nucleus, which makes it extraordinarily similar to our Galaxy, to which on the other hand it approaches both in real form and in size. It is about 52 million light-years away from the Milky Way. Distance from Earth: 38,490,000 light years
12 "Truss RC telescope reduced to 1790
Moravian off-axis guider and Moravian G0300 guide camera
Celestron 80/600 guide tube with Asi Zwo 224
Moravian G2 8300 camera with internal wheel
Ioptron Cem120 mount
Moonlite focuser and 3.5 "electronic rotator
Electronic temperature control and anti-condensation bands
Cls ccd, R, G, B, Ha 6nm filters, all Astronomik
Shooting data:
51x240s Cls Ccd
21x240s R
21x240s G
21x240s B
Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop, star spikes, astronomy tools
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NGC 4565 (also known as C 38 or the Ago Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy in the Coma Berenices constellation. It is easily identified 2.5 degrees southeast of the star γ Comae Berenices; it is perfectly cut, so it looks like a long spindle. Visible even with modest instruments, in 200mm aperture telescopes the view is wonderful: for the entire length of the galaxy a dark band is clearly evident, in a slightly asymmetrical position with respect to the nucleus, which makes it extraordinarily similar to our Galaxy, to which on the other hand it approaches both in real form and in size. It is about 52 million light-years away from the Milky Way. Distance from Earth: 38,490,000 light years
12 "Truss RC telescope reduced to 1790
Moravian off-axis guider and Moravian G0300 guide camera
Celestron 80/600 guide tube with Asi Zwo 224
Moravian G2 8300 camera with internal wheel
Ioptron Cem120 mount
Moonlite focuser and 3.5 "electronic rotator
Electronic temperature control and anti-condensation bands
Cls ccd, R, G, B, Ha 6nm filters, all Astronomik
Shooting data:
51x240s Cls Ccd
21x240s R
21x240s G
21x240s B
Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop, star spikes, astronomy tools