A Galactic "Bigg Dipper" ..

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This is a Group of galaxies in Virgo ..When I began to image this group my first idea was that I was looking at Ursa tale´s  asterism  ¡ 

I used CCDAutopilot, MaximDL, FocusMax ..(Autoslew + Sequence also)

From bottom left ..in the clock direction:

Spiral galaxy NGC 5364, Eliptica galaxy NGC 5363...NGC5356,NGC5348,NGC5338 plus partially Abbel Galaxy Cluster at right center of image AGC 1809.

 

There are dozens of minor PGC galaxies.You can see an annotated image at : http://afesan.es/Anotada/slides/Galaxies_Big_Dipper_LRGB_Annotated.html

 

Complete image at  :http://afesan.es/Deepspace/slides/Galaxies%20Big%20Dipper%20LRGB.html

 

Skies quality (SQM ) over 21.1-21.3 average..

 

FLI ML8300 at -25ºC

ASA N12

ASA DDM85

Unguided subframes   L: 30x10minutes

                                   R: 10x10m

                                   G: 9x10m

                                   B:13x10m

 

Thanks for looking ¡

Summertime is coming (slowly)..but coming...Time for nebulas again ¡---

 

I remember today to those friends of Germany, Austria ..and terrific floods.. 

I will be visiting Austria  in the last week of June..

 

BR ¡

Antonio