Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pisces (Psc)  ·  Contains:  NGC 467  ·  NGC 470  ·  NGC 474
NGC 474, Frank Colosimo
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NGC 474

NGC 474, Frank Colosimo
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NGC 474

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Description

The area around elliptical galaxy NGC 474, mid left, with NGC 470 upper mid, and NGC 467 at upper right. My goal was to see if I could capture the intricate density waves surrounding NGC 474, as shown in a dramatic image from the Canada-France Hawaii telescope, the 3.6 meter optical/infrared instrument atop Mauna Kea. The waves are very faint, but I was able to record some of the more pronounced features.

Date: Nov 1-3, 2019

Location: Blue Mountain Vista Observatories,New Ringgold PA

Optics: Celestron EdgeHD 1100 on Paramount MX

Camera: Sbig STL-11000 for RGB

Optics: Starizona Hyperion f/8 12.5 inch, FL 2540 mm on Paramount ME

Camera: Apogee U8300 for Lum

Guiding: ST-402 on Innovations Foresight On-Axis Guider and STL-11000 Self guiding

Exposure: LRGB: L:43x10 R:20x7 min, G:20x7 min, B:20x7 min for a total of 21.3 hrs (103 subs at avg of 746 sec)

Processing: Image acquisition using CCD Autopilot. Initial processing was done using Maxim DL with subsequent processing with Photoshop.

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