NGC 4565 |
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| NGC 4565 is one of the more famous edge-on
spiral galaxies, and one of my personal favorites (the other
being NGC 891), mostly thanks to the dust lane
bisecting the galaxy in this edge-on view. Unlike NGC 891,
however, NGC 4565 has no giant galaxy stealing the show from it
nearby. I have only imaged this galaxy once so far, mainly because I have been searching for a decent-quality, longer-focal-length instrument to image galaxies with. I'm pretty happy with the version I have currently managed, though there's always room for improvement. What helped me with this particular image is that I shot it from a friend's dark sky site. NGC 4565 is reasonably visible with an 8" telescope from light-polluted skies. I have seen it from my back yard, though details are absent. |
| Constellation: Coma Berenices |
| When Visible: March - July |
| Distance: 31 Million Light-years |
| Date: April 2007 |
| Location: Highland County, Ohio |
| Exposure Details: L: 14 x 10 Minutes binned 1x1 R: 11 x 5 Minutes binned 1x1 G: 11 x 5 Minutes binned 1x1 B: 11 x 5 Minutes binned 1x1 |
| Equipment Used: Takahashi Mewlon 210 with Astro-Physics 0.67 Telecompressor on a Takahashi EM200 Temma 2 mount. SBIG ST-8XE camera with CFW-8a filter wheel and Astrodon LRGB filters. |
| Acquisition Software : MaximDL |
| Processing Software: MaximDL, Photoshop CS, IrFanView |