NGC 4565 (CVn)

NGC 4565 (CVn)

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Date/Site: 5., 9. and 14. April 2023. Remote observatory on the AAR club's site in Presberg
Exposure/
Filter:
RGB: 59 x 120 seconds, 27 x 300 seconds (-10°C),
L: 48 x 300 seconds (-20°C)
Camera/
Optics/
Instrument:
Touptek 294CP on 150mm f/5 Newton with 2" Skywatcher Comacorrector,
Moravian G3-16200 with VIP-3010 Paracorr on 10Micron GM1000 HPS
Data acquired remotely with N.I.N.A.,
Guiding: ASI120 attached to a 61mm-finder,
Focusing with Microtouch,
Calibration and processing: MaximDL 6 and PixInsight 1.8

NGC 4565 is one of the most beautiful galaxies seen edge-on. Visually with a telescope the dust lane can be seen stretching from end to end. Amd ti is comparatively bright.
The slight warp of the disk is caused by several nearby galaxies.
There were setbacks during the change to N.I.N.A. After some initial successes it didn't work very well; observing was demanding: sometimes the telescopes were not aligned correctly, and then I made wrong decisions in N.I.N.A.
Probably have to put it under learning.
As so often I imaged this object some time ago already:

NGC 4565 (CVn), 2020

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Date/Site: 23. May 2020. Remote observatory on the AAR club's site in Presberg
Exposure/
Filters:
R: 26 x 180 seconds,
G: 21 x 180 seconds,
B: 18 x 180 seconds (-20°C)
Camera: QSI 632 with Astronomik Type II-filters
Optics/
Instrument:
250mm f/4 Newton with Baader RCC1 on 10Micron GM1000 HPS
Guiding: Lodestar attached to a 61mm-finder,
focusing: Microtouch and FocusMax,
data acquired remotely using CCD-Commander and MaximDL 6,
calibration and processing: PixInsight 1.8

Seeing was terrible in this night.

© Friedhelm Hübner, last revision:  09.12.2024