Spiral Galaxy – NGC 7331
by Mike Hankey, under Galaxies
I’ve been testing out a new scope the last month. I was finally able to get a pretty good shot out of it last night. Here’s a picture of the fantastic spiral galaxy, NGC 7331
Spiral Galaxy NGC 7331 - November 18th, 2011
NGC 7331 is 49 million light years away and approximately 30,000 light years across. It was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel in 1784 and is one of the brightest galaxies not cataloged by Messier.
Astro Photo Details
5×10 minute RGB / 150 Total minutes
SBIG ST8300 Camera
MMOAG & SBIG 402 Guide Camera
Paramount ME Mount
RCOS 14.5
CCDSoft / The Sky X / CCDStack
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November 20th, 2011 on 12:13 pm
Mike I”m speechless…beautiful picture.
November 20th, 2011 on 2:02 pm
Thanks Norm!
November 21st, 2011 on 10:03 am
Mike, I am in awe with what you do in your backyard. I love looking up but never took it to this level. We have a small Crestron at home with an EQ mount in which I am finally understanding, but your images are nothing short of amazing brother AEKDB