M104 - The Sombereo Galaxy - Seestar image under bortle 1 skies (Phil Hoppes)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Virgo (Vir) · Contains: HD109863 · HD109874 · HD109875 · HD109898 · HD109899 · HD109916 · HD110050 · HD110086 · HD110154 · HD110251 · HD110283 · M 104 · NGC 4594 · Sombrero Galaxy

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M104 - The Sombereo Galaxy - Seestar image under bortle 1 skies

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M104 - The Sombereo Galaxy - Seestar image under bortle 1 skies

I've always wanted to image this galaxy since I've started taking pictures. I was pleasantly surprised how well it came out. My bortle 1 dark skies up in Overgaard really came through. You can see some rotational artifacts on the stars around the corners. I cropped this image a bit all the way around but since the camera does not rotate it is hard to not get some rotational distortion, especially on the corners. The central object of the galaxy came out quite nice. Again I'm struck by the level of detail with such a comparatively short exposure time.

Loving my Seestar S50. It will never replace my big rigs but thats not the point. For what is does, it does a very nice job.

ZWO Seestar S50

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RA (center)	12h40m10s.94
RA (top/left)	12h39m55s.22
RA (top/right)	12h37m42s.60
RA (bottom/right)	12h40m26s.76
RA (bottom/left)	12h42m39s.58

Dec (center)	-11°37′05″.6
Dec (top/left)	-10°56′55″.4
Dec (top/right)	-11°19′26″.9
Dec (bottom/right)	-12°17′19″.5
Dec (bottom/left)	-11°54′40″.5

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