Observation by Mike Greenhill-Hooper: Superman galaxy NGC 7479

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Mike Greenhill-Hooper

Observer

Mike Greenhill-Hooper

Observed

2023 Oct 08 - 19:30

Uploaded

2023 Oct 16 - 14:52

Objects

NGC7479

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Constellation

Pegasus

Field centre

RA: 23^h04^m
Dec: +12°19'
Position angle: -124°41'

Field size

0°07' × 0°07'

Equipment

Telescope: 20" f/4 Obsession Dobsonian; Paracorr coma corrector
ASI294MMPro CMOS monochrome cooled camera with ZWO RGB filters

Exposure

4x150 frame live stacks for each filter; 2s exposure, gain 450, temp 0C, dark and flats corrected

Location

Miradoux, S.W. France

Target name

Superman galaxy

Title

Superman galaxy NGC 7479

About this image

Inspired by article in September edition of Astronomy Now, I decided to try and image this classic barred spiral galaxy in Pegasus. I was quite pleased with the result. I used SharpCap Pro's live stacking feature and aligned, stacked and processed the resulting image using Affinity Photo.

Files associated with this observation

NGC7479 M Greenhill-Hooper redo.jpg (373.4 kB)

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