M96 in Leo

I was up last night until dawn and had a chance to see the spring sky, even though it was bitter cold. Took some shots of M92 with a 130F6 and ST10XE camera. Exposure time = 4 x 10 minutes. Image is reduced to 0.67x size from the original.

RC

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Closeup of the core (with only 780mm focal length).

RC

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As always, wonderful! Thank you Roland.

Was this image taken on the new 600 mount?

Tom

Great shot Roland! 8)
You've managed to capture great detail on the core/dust bands of the galaxy, and also captured "extra" galaxies on the wide-field shot...

I noticed though that some of the brightest stars were starting to bloom...



Thank you for sharing with us, and clear skies!

Amazing.
I'm seeing detail here that I would expect to see in a 20" RC, not a widefield instrument, such as the dust lanes in the edge-on background galaxy. You also have a great start on the diaphanous 'haze' that surrounds this particular galaxy.
Way to go, Roland.

dan kowall