Messier Objects
I highly recommend a book on Charles Messier and the creation of this catalogue - Atlas of Messier Objects, 2008 by Ronald Stoyan.
Note: This gallery should be automatically sorted by Messier #.
Messier M74 - NGC628 - Spiral Galaxy in Pisces - 29/10/2021 (Processed stack)
Imaged in suburban Leeming to test improved collimation.
DeepSkyStacker 4.2.6 Stacked (25) of 35 Images Gain 100 @ 30 Sec, 35 DARK Gain 100 @ 60 Sec, 32 BIAS Gain 100 @ 1/1000 Sec, 0 FLATS, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CC 2021 with Astroflat and Noise Ninja
Telescope - PowerNewt 200mm f/4 with Baader MPCC Coma Corrector (at 55mm backfocus) for F=800mm f/4.0, IDAS LPS-P2 filter, QHY 268C CMOS camera field 68' x 101' , Ambient ~13C, Camera 0C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6.5 for mount control. Astro Photography Tool 3.88 for Image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Starlight Xpress SuperStar (Mono) CCD Auto Guider and Open PHD Guiding PHD2 auto guiding software.
GalaxyMessierM74 Spiral Galaxy in PiscesNGCNGC628 M74 Spiral Galaxy in Pisces
