Optik / Mount: 12 “ACF 2,7 m AP-Reduzer Alt-5 Kamera / Filter: Atik 11002 Astrodon L, RGB ca. 5 Stunden Datum 31. März 2020 About 60 million light-years away in the constellation Leo is this magnificent group of galaxies, number 44 in a catalog of 100 such clusters compiled by […]
Category: Galaxies
M96
Optics/mount : 12″ACF 2.7m AP-Reduzer Alt-5Camera/filters: Atik 11002 Astrodon L, RGB about 10hDate 28 march 2020 Messier 96 (also known as M96 or NGC 3368) is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 31 million light-years away in the constellation Leo (the Lion). It was discovered by French astronomer Pierre Méchain on […]
NGC4565 Needle Galaxy
Optics/mount : 12″ACF 2.7m AP-Reduzer Alt-5Camera/filters: Atik 11002 Astrodon L, RGBExposure: 12 h with 5min subs all 1 binDate 20 march 2020 GC 4565 (also known as the Needle Galaxy or Caldwell 38) is an edge-on spiral galaxy about 30 to 50 million light-years away in the constellationComa Berenices. It […]
Whirpool Galaxy
Optics/mount : 12″ACF 2.7m AP-Reduzer Alt-5 Camera/filters: Atik 11002 AstrodonL,R,G,B Exposure:50×300 L and 15×30 RGB all 2bin Date 01/02 June 2019 The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a, M51a, and NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus. It lies in the […]
NGC 4216 in the Virgo Cluster
NGC 4216 is one of the largest and brightest spiral galaxies of the Virgo Cluster, with an absolute magnitude that has been estimated to be −22 (i.e.: brighter than the Andromeda Galaxy), and like most spiral galaxies of this cluster shows a deficiency of neutral hydrogen that’s concentrated […]
NGC3628 Hamburger Galaxy
Optics/mount : 12″ACF 2.7m AP-Reduzer Alt-5 Camera/filters: Atik 11002 AstrodonL,R,G,B Exposure:15×300 L and 15×30 RGB all 2bin Date 04 april 2018 NGC 3628, also known as the Hamburger Galaxy or Mahasin’s Galaxy,is an unbarred spiral galaxy about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by […]
Leo Triplet
Optics/mount: 180 Epsilon f2,8 Takahashi Alt-5 Camera/filters: QHY12 OSC Exposure: 43x600sec 20/21 april 2018 The Leo Triplet (also known as the M66 Group) is a small group of galaxies about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. This galaxy group consists of the spiral galaxies M65, M66, and NGC […]
M33 Triangulum Galaxy
Optics/mount: 180 Epsilon f2,8 Takahashi Alt-5 Camera/filters: QHY12 OSC Exposure: 10x600sec 09 january 2018 The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 3 million light-years (ly) from Earth in the constellation Triangulum. It is catalogued as Messier 33 or NGC 598. The Triangulum Galaxy is the third-largest member of the […]
Galaxy M33
Optics/mount : 12″ACF 2.7m AP-Reduzer Alt-5 Camera/filters: Atik 11002 Astrodon LRGB Exposure:20×300 L,R,G,B all 2bin January 2017 The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 3 million light-years (ly) from Earth in the constellation Triangulum. It is catalogued as Messier 33 or NGC 598, and is sometimes informally referred to […]
M95 with Supernova
Optics/mount : 12″ACF 2.7m AP-Reduzer Alt-5Camera/filters: Atik 11002 Astrodon LRGBExposure: 17×600 Lum, 7×600 RGB all 1bin30 March 2012 Messier 95 (also known as M95 or NGC 3351) is a barred spiral galaxy about 38 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781, and […]