M95

[Bill Richards]

M95 is a beautiful barred spiral galaxy about 33 million light-years away, containing around 40 billion stars. Its spiral arms host a flurry of star birth activity and sparkle with the light of countless young, blue stars.

This is the result of over 7 hours of exposure time taken on 2025-02-03 and 2025-12-18.

Equipment and Software:
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Mount: 10Micron GM1000HPS w/PoleMaster
Telescope: Celestron EdgeHD 8 w/0.7x focal reducer
Auto-Focuser: Rigel Systems nFOCUS
Imaging Camera: ASI2600MC-Pro
Guide Camera: ASI174MM-Mini on OAG
Imaging S/W: NINA
Guiding S/W: PHD2
Image Processing S/W: PixInsight

Exposure Details:
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Camera Temperature -15C
Bias: 50
Gain: 100
145 x 180s
Plus 32x Darks, Flats, and Dark Flats

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[JimFox]

This is super cool Bill. You got some really great detail in this galaxy.

 

[Mike Lewis]

Bill,

This is a wonderful image - so much detail coming out in the arms. Love it!

ML