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Blue Mountain Vista Observatory New RInggold PA
NGC 4565
NGC 4565 is a mag 10.4 (visual) an edge-on spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices It is estimated at 30-50
million light years distance. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1785. This was reported as John
Dobson's favorite object in the sky and my image is dedicated to his memory.
Processing information:
This image was taken with a prototype of an on-axis guider, which has a mirror that reflects the visual image light to the camera at a 90 degree angle, while allowing IR light to pass through to the inline guider. It works well and gives a very good FOV for the guide camera.
Date: May 30 - June 8, 2011
Location: New Ringgold PA
Optics: Hyperion f/8 12.5 inch, FL 2540 mm
Mount: Paramount ME
Camera: Apogee U8300
Guiding: ST-402 on Innovations Foresight On-Axis Guider
Exposure: LRGB: L:23x10min R:17x7 min, G:14x5 min, B:18x8 min
Processing: Image acquisition using CCD Autopilot. Initial processing was done using Maxim DL with subsequent processing with Photoshop.
Processing information:
This image was taken with a prototype of an on-axis guider, which has a mirror that reflects the visual image light to the camera at a 90 degree angle, while allowing IR light to pass through to the inline guider. It works well and gives a very good FOV for the guide camera.
Date: May 30 - June 8, 2011
Location: New Ringgold PA
Optics: Hyperion f/8 12.5 inch, FL 2540 mm
Mount: Paramount ME
Camera: Apogee U8300
Guiding: ST-402 on Innovations Foresight On-Axis Guider
Exposure: LRGB: L:23x10min R:17x7 min, G:14x5 min, B:18x8 min
Processing: Image acquisition using CCD Autopilot. Initial processing was done using Maxim DL with subsequent processing with Photoshop.