Ad Astra Observatory

Trying to round out the set of the largest galaxies visible from this latitude.

This is another galaxy that I would not have known about if not for “The List” (see M106 page).

The pairing of NGC4725 and its little buddy next door (ID?) could rival M81/M82 for prettiest galaxy pairing, but I was intrigued at the number of other background galaxies I also picked up in this shot.

Nearly 2 hours of exposure time (I lost 2 frames due to airplanes. grr.) was enough to bring out lots of detail, but I’m still fighting vignetting and, as always, a suburban location; I need to figure out how to get my backgrounds darker.