Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  HD110744  ·  HD110871  ·  HD111180  ·  NGC 4627  ·  NGC 4631  ·  NGC 4656  ·  NGC 4657  ·  Whale Galaxy
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Whale and Crowbar Galaxies, pcyvr
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Whale and Crowbar Galaxies

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Whale and Crowbar Galaxies

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The Whale and Crowbar galaxies, captured under less than ideal conditions.  I stacked 567 of 813 images collected over 7 days.  As I'm located 49º North, there is precious little astronomical dark at this time of the year.  So each night's imaging started just after nautical dusk and ran until nautical dawn.  I also had the moon to contend with.  So, all in all, pretty happy with how this turned out.  I also got to tune up my mount a bit, removing some large spikes in RA, by loosing up the gear meshing on the GEM 45.

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Whale and Crowbar Galaxies, pcyvr