Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4555  ·  NGC 4562  ·  NGC 4565  ·  Needle Galaxy
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Needle Galaxy, gmvtex
Needle Galaxy
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Needle Galaxy

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Needle Galaxy, gmvtex
Needle Galaxy
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Needle Galaxy

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An RGB image of Needle Galaxy taken with an Explore Scientific 152mm carbon fiber refractor with a .7 reducer installed. I used a high MP ZWO CMOS sensor to collect frames over several evenings and then stacked them with PixInsight. The moon was prominent the last two evenings and reduced the quality of the frames somewhat. A total of approximately 62 300sec frames per R,G,&B filters were captured.  All were calibrated, registered, and stacked in PixInsight. Adjusted to taste in Photoshop.

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Needle Galaxy, gmvtex

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