Monday, June 2, 2025

The Moon and the Spindle Galaxy

37.5% waxing crescent Moon: - captured during partially clear skies on the evening of the 1st June -  20% of 2,111 frames captured in Astro DMx Capture, stacked in Autostakkert4 using 1.5 x drizzle integration, wavelet processed in Registax and finished off in Adobe Photoshop 2025.


The Spindle Galaxy (M102): 132 minutes of LRGB data taken with an ASI 533MM Pro camera and mono filter wheel set attached to a Sky-Watcher Esprit 80ED triplet refractor fitted with a field flattener. Data integrated and processed in Pixinsight. M102 is an edge on lenticular galaxy which lies in Draco at a distance of 50 million light years.


Chris Bowden

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