Ad Astra Observatory

Normally, I don’t go in much for edge-on galaxies.
I just don’t think that I really get enough pixels to work with for the amount of effort that goes in.

But NGC4565 is huge. So I decided to give it a shot. What with one thing and another, I didn’t get started on the object until it was right at the meridian, so I only got an hour of it before I ran out of time.

But, not too bad.

The caption in the photo is incorrect; this is a one-hour (6x10m = 60m) integration. Oops.

Here’s a close-up (1500×1000 -> 900×600 crop):

This object is worth chasing with Cassie, and also worth a bit more integration time. Also, plate solving. I’ll get to it.