This was imaged during a moon phase. Not the most interesting image but if you look closely there are a large number of galaxies that are in the background I have run it through a Pixinsight Script called Annotate Image and it has picked up 47 PGC galaxies in the background but there are more. I have searched online but cannot find any info mainly about the distance away from the earth, if anyone knows away of finding this information out please let me know.
Arcturus is the brightest star in the constellation of Boötes, the fourth-brightest in the night sky, and the brightest in the northern celestial hemisphere. Together with Spica and Denebola (or Regulus, depending on the source), Arcturus is part of the Spring Triangle asterism and, by extension, also of the Great Diamond along with the star Cor Caroli. When viewed from Earth, it appears to be positioned almost at the north galactic pole of the Milky Way.
Captured by David Wills at PixelSkies, Castillejar, Spain
http://www.pixelskiesastro.comRed 205 x 30s
Green 242 x 30s
Blue 189 x 30s
5 Hours 18 mins in total.
Equipment used:
Telescope: Takahashi Baby Q FSQ-85ED F5.3
Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Pro Mono Cooled to -20C
Image Scale: 2.08
Guiding: OAG
Filters: Astronomik Red, Green, Blue
Mount: iOptron CEM60 "Standard" GOTO Centre Balanced Equatorial Mount
Image Acquisition: Voyager
Observatory control: Lunatico Dragonfly
Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight
Processing: Pixinsight 1.8, Photoshop CC
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