New Image: NGC 3953

[sdbodin]

A bright large galaxy in UMa near M109, actually seems to be a close cousin. Both are theta shaped bar-ring spirals. Imaged on the 15th of March, but only managed a half hour of luminance before bedtime. Looked thru my archives and found that I imaged this galaxy almost exactly tens years ago with the same scope and camera, so used that color data to finish this rendition. Good thing too as back then I missed the focus a good bit. Posted a wide view done with the 135mm Rokinon to get the perspective of these two neighbors as well as the close-up.

Data for galaxy view, Meade 16 LX200 at f6.2, 2500mm efl, thru Atik 460 ex mono,15/2 min lum, from 2014 2/5min ea. RGB, Bad pixel map applied, nothing else, all 2x2 binned for 0.7 sec/pixel resolution. Posted full scale, cropped 30%.

Data for wide field view, Rokinon 135mm telephoto at f2.4, 20/1 min thru Zwo1600mc-cool OSC, no cal frames applied. Posted image full scale, tight 10% crop of full fov.

Clear skies,
Steve

[BigKahuna]

Very nicely done!

[messier 111]

nice , thx .

[StarHugger]

Nice images Steve !