NGC4725

As the weather continues to be “Stormy” along the southeast, my hopes of finishing this picture are dwindling.  Looks like I’ll add it to the list of shots to complete on the spring next year.   NGC 4725 is an intermediate barred spiral galaxy about 40 million light-years away from our home planet in the constellation Coma Berenices.

Optics:  Deep Sky Instruments RC10C

Mount:  Astro-Physics AP900GTO

Camera:   SBIG ST2K XM

Guiding Camera:  SBIG ST-i

Filters Astrodon  Ha & Luminance

Location:  Deerlick Astronomy Village & Roswell, Georgia

Exposure Details

Ha = 840 Minutes

Luminance= 210 Minutes 


Larger version below:

NGC6992

The eastern portion (NGC 6992) of the Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus.  This four picture mosaic only represents a small portion of this wonderful area of the sky.

Optics:  Deep Sky Instruments RC10C

Mount:  Astro-Physics AP900GTO

Camera:   SBIG ST2K XM

Guiding Camera:  SBIG ST-i

Filters Astrodon  Ha and O3

Location:  Roswell, Georgia

Exposure Details:

Four part mosaic - Total exposure time of 27.5hrs

Ha = (mapped to red)

O3 = (mapped to blue & green)