M109 and many friends (Ulli_K)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: 64 gam UMa · M 109 · NGC 3931 · NGC 3953 · NGC 3992 · Phad · Phecda (γUMa) · The star Phad

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M109 and many friends

The M109 group with the main galaxies M109 and NGC3953. Many faint galaxies can be found in the background. The image was taken with my Vixen R200SS at f/4.

Please compare this image to the one I took withe same scope but that time with a focal extender to f/7.5. It was the original Vixen extender. However, I have to say that the extender it not worth trying any further. There are more details in the f/4 image despite the smaller focal length. What's more, the extender delivers only a shar image in the center of the field (about APS-C) and does not work with a full format camera. The exposure time needs to be doubled.

I hope you like it. Critics is always welcome ...

Stay well!

Ulli

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Description: Here are all the friends shown - countless galaxies, just incredible!!!

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RA (center)	11h56m29s.16
RA (top/left)	11h52m23s.20
RA (top/right)	11h51m06s.12
RA (bottom/right)	12h00m23s.67
RA (bottom/left)	12h02m06s.36

Dec (center)	+52°52′53″.2
Dec (top/left)	+53°59′49″.9
Dec (top/right)	+51°54′16″.3
Dec (bottom/right)	+51°45′12″.7
Dec (bottom/left)	+53°50′23″.3

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