Lyrid meteor: I got just one Lyrid meteor last night out of 400 images taken! This was a 30s exposure at F1.4 with a Sigma 23mm lens at just ISO 100 taken at 01:25 this morning with a Sony ZV-E10 Vlogging camera as it streaked across the stars. The camera was mounted on an MSM tracking mount, however was poorly polar aligned leading to the star trails.
NGC5033: A 1.6 hour integration of NGC5033; an inclined spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici some 50 million light years away. There are several other smaller galaxies captured in the frame; notably NGC5005 at the top which is interacting gravitationally with NGC5033 along with another galaxy IC4211 just above. NGC5002 & NGC5014 are middle right, plus some interesting tightly grouped ones at lower right. The striking crimson star is a variable star around mag 6.5 known as HD114975. Data acquired with an ASI 533MM Pro camera and mono filter wheel set attached to a Sky-Watcher 80 Esprit fitted with a field flattener. Data was integrated and processed in Pixinsight.
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Lyrid
Chris Bowden
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