Hi All,
I couldn't resist the temptation of another clear night last night! I had
intended to try for M58 but was defeated by streetlight glare - it was
literally impossible to see anything through my finder. So I had a go at M94
instead, and took a set of 60-ish 15s exposures. Then I had a go at M63 and
took a similar set of exposures.
Here are the results.
All at prime focus of 150mm F/5 Newtonian, Baader Neodymium filter, cooled
modified 1004x camera.
All pre-processed with AVIDark, aligned/stacked/histog in iMerge, final
processing (USM, histog, Varisharp, resize) in PaintshopPro.
I've attached two versions of M94, a smaller one processed to emphasise the
halo which is separated from the rest of the galaxy by a dark ring, and the
other showing the central regions.
Clear Skies,
Jon.
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<img src="att-5461/M63_52x15s_4.jpg" alt="M63_52x15s_4.jpg">
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<img src="att-5461/M94_54x15s_2.jpg" alt="M94_54x15s_2.jpg">
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<img src="att-5461/M94_54x15s_3.jpg" alt="M94_54x15s_3.jpg">
