NGC4567 Siamese Twins
NGC4567 Siamese Twins LRGB
NGC4567 and NGC567 are 2 galaxy’s slowly colliding with each other. These are in the constellation Virgo at about 60 million light years away. These galaxy’s are in the early stages of merging together and are gravitationaly interacting with each other, they are part of the Virgo galaxy cluster. The full size image below shows just how small this objects are in relation to the chip size of the Apogee U16 camera on the Planewave 17in scope, where as the full moon would almost fill the entire chip.
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NGC4567 20min Luminance Subframes 36 x = 720 min combined image
NGC4567 20min Red Subframes 6 x = 120 min combined image
NGC4567 20min Green Subframes 6 x = 120 min combined image
NGC4567 20min Blue Subframes 6 x = 120 min combined image
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Scope Planewave 17in
Camera Apogee U16
Mount Paramount ME
Filters Astrodon LRGB
Exposures RGB 2Hrs each L 12Hrs LRGB 20min subs Total time 18hrs
Location Sierra Nevada Mountains CA. Heavens Mirror Observatory SRO 2014-2016