Galaxy Season - Messier 98

https://www.buytelescopes.com/conten...e_m98-deep.jpg

M98 surrounded by many faint galaxies. I can see M98 in a 7" scope but the fainter ones in this image are lost in the heavy light pollution at my observatory location (nearby commercial and industrial area is heavily lit up at night)

The image was taken with my 175EDF refractor over two nights. It consists of 30 x 600 sec subs, camera is my trusty QSI683WSG.

Unfortunately I have no color data. Window of opportunity has closed for the next few days. I have identified some of the faint galaxies down to mag 19.

Le 04/06/2016 Ã* 02:20, SlurpieMcDoublegulp a écrit :
https://www.buytelescopes.com/conten...e_m98-deep.jpg

M98 surrounded by many faint galaxies. I can see M98 in a 7" scope but the fainter ones in this image are lost in the heavy light pollution at my observatory location (nearby commercial and industrial area is heavily lit up at night)

The image was taken with my 175EDF refractor over two nights. It consists of 30 x 600 sec subs, camera is my trusty QSI683WSG.

Unfortunately I have no color data. Window of opportunity has closed for the next few days. I have identified some of the faint galaxies down to mag 19.

Nice shot.
Thanks for sharing !

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Norbert.
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knowing the universe - stellar and galaxies evolution
http://nrumiano.free.fr
images of the sky http://images.ciel.free.fr
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On Saturday, June 4, 2016 at 2:16:10 AM UTC-5, Norbert wrote:
Le 04/06/2016 Ã* 02:20, SlurpieMcDoublegulp a écrit :
https://www.buytelescopes.com/conten...e_m98-deep.jpg

M98 surrounded by many faint galaxies. I can see M98 in a 7" scope but the fainter ones in this image are lost in the heavy light pollution at my observatory location (nearby commercial and industrial area is heavily lit up at night)

The image was taken with my 175EDF refractor over two nights. It consists of 30 x 600 sec subs, camera is my trusty QSI683WSG.

Unfortunately I have no color data. Window of opportunity has closed for the next few days. I have identified some of the faint galaxies down to mag 19.

Nice shot.
Thanks for sharing !

--
Norbert.
======================================
knowing the universe - stellar and galaxies evolution
http://nrumiano.free.fr
images of the sky http://images.ciel.free.fr
======================================

You are welcome ;^))

A beautiful view it is! Your M98 image shows greater detail than most of the old M31 photos that I grew up with. Considering all the planets that must reside within M98 - and the humongous number in the background galaxies - I wonder how much life is encompassed within that image . . .

Too bad about all that light pollution. Hasn't technology reached the point yet where security cameras can do their work in non-visible regions of the spectrum? We all deserve to see the night sky without light pollution.

Sketcher

On Friday, June 3, 2016 at 6:20:58 PM UTC-6, SlurpieMcDoublegulp wrote:
https://www.buytelescopes.com/conten...e_m98-deep.jpg

M98 surrounded by many faint galaxies. I can see M98 in a 7" scope but the fainter ones in this image are lost in the heavy light pollution at my observatory location (nearby commercial and industrial area is heavily lit up at night)

The image was taken with my 175EDF refractor over two nights. It consists of 30 x 600 sec subs, camera is my trusty QSI683WSG.

Unfortunately I have no color data. Window of opportunity has closed for the next few days. I have identified some of the faint galaxies down to mag 19.

On Saturday, June 4, 2016 at 3:22:40 PM UTC-5, Sketcher wrote:
A beautiful view it is! Your M98 image shows greater detail than most of the old M31 photos that I grew up with. Considering all the planets that must reside within M98 - and the humongous number in the background galaxies - I wonder how much life is encompassed within that image . . .

Too bad about all that light pollution. Hasn't technology reached the point yet where security cameras can do their work in non-visible regions of the spectrum? We all deserve to see the night sky without light pollution.

Sketcher

On Friday, June 3, 2016 at 6:20:58 PM UTC-6, SlurpieMcDoublegulp wrote:
https://www.buytelescopes.com/conten...e_m98-deep.jpg

M98 surrounded by many faint galaxies. I can see M98 in a 7" scope but the fainter ones in this image are lost in the heavy light pollution at my observatory location (nearby commercial and industrial area is heavily lit up at night)

The image was taken with my 175EDF refractor over two nights. It consists of 30 x 600 sec subs, camera is my trusty QSI683WSG.

Unfortunately I have no color data. Window of opportunity has closed for the next few days. I have identified some of the faint galaxies down to mag 19.

Interesting idea to use security cameras. In my area unfortunately we have many all-night gas stations and several miles of big-box stores which light up their parking lots to extreme brightness levels. They do not turn them off when the stores are closed, probably out of fear of lawsuits should someone accidentally trip and hurt themselves. The lights are on tall poles and can be seen for miles.

On Friday, 3 June 2016 20:20:58 UTC-4, SlurpieMcDoublegulp wrote:
https://www.buytelescopes.com/conten...e_m98-deep.jpg

M98 surrounded by many faint galaxies. I can see M98 in a 7" scope but the fainter ones in this image are lost in the heavy light pollution at my observatory location (nearby commercial and industrial area is heavily lit up at night)

The image was taken with my 175EDF refractor over two nights. It consists of 30 x 600 sec subs, camera is my trusty QSI683WSG.

Unfortunately I have no color data. Window of opportunity has closed for the next few days. I have identified some of the faint galaxies down to mag 19.

Beautiful shot.

On Friday, June 3, 2016 at 5:20:58 PM UTC-7, SlurpieMcDoublegulp wrote:
https://www.buytelescopes.com/conten...e_m98-deep.jpg

M98 surrounded by many faint galaxies. I can see M98 in a 7" scope but the fainter ones in this image are lost in the heavy light pollution at my observatory location (nearby commercial and industrial area is heavily lit up at night)

The image was taken with my 175EDF refractor over two nights. It consists of 30 x 600 sec subs, camera is my trusty QSI683WSG.

Unfortunately I have no color data. Window of opportunity has closed for the next few days. I have identified some of the faint galaxies down to mag 19.

Always a treat to see your photos, keep them coming!