Needle Galaxy NGC 4565

Well had no end of problems trying to process this untill i added the flat frames. Its 24X5 min subs with a Luminance filter. The mount was being blown around a bit so not the best data.

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  1. astrometry.net (4 months ago | reply)

    Hello, this is the blind astrometry solver. Your results are:
    (RA, Dec) center:(189.094431559, 25.9750248444) degrees
    (RA, Dec) center (H:M:S, D:M:S):(12:36:22.664, +25:58:30.089)
    Orientation:82.35 deg E of N

    Pixel scale:0.73 arcsec/pixel

    Parity:Normal ("Right-handed")
    Field size :33.94 x 25.35 arcminutes
    Your field contains:
    NGC 4562
    NGC 4565

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    François.C and Aaron Top added this photo to their favorites.

  3. MikeWPhotos (4 months ago | reply)

    Nice work, Chris. I love how you've captured the dust lanes in this edge-on galaxy!

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    ATphotography2 added this photo to his favorites. (4 months ago)

  5. rich lewis (4 months ago | reply)

    You have a very impressive photostream

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    www.guigo.eu added this photo to his favorites. (3 months ago)

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