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NGC 4565 (Needle Galaxy)

Category:Deep Sky
Published:
2525
NGC 4565 (Needle Galaxy)IC 3538IC 3546IC 3553IC 3579IC 3594NGC 4562NGC 4565IC 3571IC 3582
Resolution:
2350x2350 px
File size:
775 KB

Technical information

Telescope/Lens
Celestrone 8N
Camera
ZWO ASI 533MC
Mount
Celestron Advanced VX
Guide Scope
SVBONY 60 f/4
Guide Camera
ZWO ASI 120 mini
Accessories
UV/IR Cut filter SVBONY
Software
Pixlnsight, PS
Location
Moscow, Россия

Light pollution

Red, Bortle 7 zone

Date taken

Exposure

  • 43 × 300″ · ISO/Gain: 100 ·

Total exposure: 3 h 35 m

Comments

Anatolii
How do you manage to capture such galaxies in a white zone? How do you achieve 300-second exposures without overexposing the background?
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Andrey GapulenkoReply to Anatolii
According to the light pollution map, my location has light pollution between the white and pink zones. The area is Pokrovskoye village, Istrinsky district.
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AnatoliiReply to Andrey Gapulenko
I checked the map, and it should be Bortle 5, which is yellow. That's how I look at it. There's a map that shows the Bortle scale specifically, and then I convert it to a color. I would send you screenshots, but unfortunately, you can't add screenshots in comments here. It's very hard to navigate by color alone, so I use a map that shows the actual scale value. Unfortunately, I only know of a 2015 map like that. https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=10.73&lat=55.8703&lon=36.8954&layers=B0FFFFFFFTFFFFFFFFFFF
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AnatoliiReply to Andrey Gapulenko
Or you can check here: https://clearoutside.com/forecast/55.66/36.81
It also says that in Pokrovskoye it's Bortle 5.
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Andrey GapulenkoReply to Anatolii
Okay. Understood. Thank you. I was judging by color. For me, it falls between 5 and 6.
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Andrey GapulenkoReply to Anatolii
Can you send your algorithm for determining screenshots to WhatsApp or Telegram? +791618717 ninety-two
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Anatolii
How do you manage to capture such galaxies in a white zone? How do you achieve 300-second exposures without overexposing the background? And the diffraction spikes from the secondary mirror supports look as if they were added separately?
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Andrey GapulenkoReply to Anatolii
And the diffraction spikes from the secondary mirror supports, are they sort of overlaid separately? - Yes, except for the top two.
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Andrey GapulenkoReply to Andrey Gapulenko
They are there, but I made them like the others.
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AnatoliiReply to Andrey Gapulenko
Thank you for the information.
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