Hey, I'm a bit late posting this one (sorry, forgot). Anyway...This is a galaxy in Leo called NGC 3521. I imaged this with my new TEC 140 scope, which is capable of pulling out some of these "smaller" galaxies.
The cool thing about this target is I did not know much about it, and had seen only a few examples. The images I DID see merely featured the core. So I was a bit surprised and excited to see these cool stellar clouds surrounding this galaxy that I had never seen before!
I showed this image around and discovered it was indeed rarely imaged this wide/deep but certainly had been imaged before. In fact, the stellar cloud is referred to as the "hammerhead" because of the hammerhead-shaped formation in the lower right.
Stats:
TEC 140 w/flattener
STL-11000M -20C
LRGB (180,30,30,30) RGB binned 2x2
CCD Stack, CS4
And stay tuned... I have some exciting astro news coming : )
2 comments:
Exciting News? Can't hardly wait!
I think that's one of your best images, JOhn.....and that's saying a lot!
-David
Thanks David!
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