I wanted to use the Ha filter to bring out the star forming regions, but got into trouble with stacking failing, so kept to mono, with the above result, plenty of star forming regions visible, but slightly eggy and bloated stars due to 60 second exposures
NGC4725 in Coma Berenices with five times more distant galaxy NGC4712 in the same FOV. There is something really special about having several galaxies in the same FOV, seems to add depth and gives the image a more 3D feeling. NGC4725 has an interacting neighbour NGC4747 nearby but I did not catch that.
NGC2537 or Arp 6 also known as the the Bear Paw galaxy. The 'paw' is easy to see and the field contains a number of fainter galaxies. This a Blue Compact Dwarf (BCD) galaxy containing knots of young, hot, blue stars giving it a blue colour. The knots are easy to see in the image.
NGC4631 or Caldwell 32, the Whale galaxy, is a beautiful side on barred spiral with an elliptical dwarf companion NGC4627. Many nice dust lanes are visible.
‘The Box’ galaxies Hickson 61, so named because the four galaxies form a rectangular box shape. The longest, faintest of the four is not part of the group and happens to lie in the line of sight.
I think a much longer exposure is required to get the outer envelope, I have only managed the core, but I think I may have captured some of the ‘hoops’ at about the 11 o’clock position
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