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Wearing The Sombrero Againby *CapturingTheNight

Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Weather and Sky

© Greg Gibbs. You may not use, replicate, manipulate, or modify this image without my permission. All Rights Reserved.

The Sombrero Galaxy (also known as M104 or NGC 4594 ) is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo located 28 million light years from earth. It has a bright nucleus, an unusually large central bulge, and a prominent dust lane in its inclined disk. The dark dust lane and the bulge give this galaxy the appearance of a sombrero.

I have now been awake for over 26 hours having just pulled an all-nighter with absolutely perfect astrophotography conditions. I really should be asleep now but couldn't resist processing this first image from last night. I did five different targets throughout the night, although I am not sure at this stage if they will all see the light of day.

This is the second time I have turned my telescope on this galaxy. The first was one of the first times I had ever used my telescope. If you want to compare the two and see what a difference of 10 months worth of experience makes you can check out the first attempt here:

There are some technical issues with this version but I am generally pleased with it.

24-25/03/2012
Temperature: 5 degrees celsius
Canon EOS 1000D
Baader Coma Corrector
10 inch (25cm) F/4 Newtonian Reflector Telescope
NEQ6 PRO Computerised Goto Mount
Orion 80mm ShortTube Guide Scope
Synguider Autoguider
42 x 3 minute exposures
ISO 800
20 x 3 minute Dark frame subtracted
Images stacked and alligned in Deep Sky Stacker
Final processing in PS CS3

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~Moohoodles May 1, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

This is amazing!

I can barely fathom how epic it would feel to photograph a different galaxy.

*CapturingTheNight May 2, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

THank you so much

I'm very lucky to be able to afford the equipment neccessary to capture something like this.

~iGoBrullen Apr 3, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Favorite galaxy beside out own? Yes.
Another amazing set of shots.

I'll reiterate this for the who knows what-th time, your works make me so happy!

*CapturingTheNight Apr 3, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

I'm very glad you like it

Thank you

~silverfernn Mar 28, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

so lovely... and a huge difference to your first attempt, too.

want to know what the dust dome is from... makes me think of smog over Mexico City. maybe that galaxy used to be inhabited. but the civilizations have since smoked themselves to death. or the galaxy is visible to us in a stage when they have just blown themselves up.

*CapturingTheNight Mar 28, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Thank you very much for the great feedback

*Corvidae65 Mar 25, 2012

La Cucaracha! La Cucaracha!

Excellent work my sleepy friend

Now, go get some Zzzzz's

*CapturingTheNight Mar 26, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

HaHa

Thank you so much John

Yes lots of Zzzzzzzz's on the cards. I slept all day sunday, got up for a couple of hours and then slept all sunday night. It's now Monday evening....and I'm still yawning!

*Corvidae65 Mar 30, 2012

You're welcome

=LeashaHooker Mar 25, 2012 Photographer

Wow!

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