Observation by Ian Jarrett: NGC 2685 Helix Galaxy

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Ian Jarrett

Observer

Ian Jarrett

Observed

2026 Mar 21 - 23:59

Uploaded

2026 Mar 28 - 14:37

Objects

The Helix Galaxy (NGC2685)

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Constellation

Ursa Major

Field centre

RA: 08^h55^m
Dec: +58°44'
Position angle: -59°46'

Field size

0°20' × 0°21'

Equipment

Edge HD 9.25" SCT
Celestron x0.7 Reducer
Player One Ares-M Camera
Antlia LRGB V-Series PRO Filters

Exposure

120 x 60s R, G, B each + 210 x 60s Luminance

Location

Hampshire, Bortle 4

Target name

NGC 2685 The Helix Galaxy

Title

NGC 2685 Helix Galaxy

About this image

NGC 2685 is called the Helix Galaxy because of the cloud of gas and dust that has wrapped itself around the flat disk of the lenticular galaxy. Lately I have struggled recombining the LRGB channels in my images, which has been very frustrating. Things seemed to get worse when Siril 1.4.0 was released, so for this image I dropped Siril and moved onto working with PixInsight. Learning PixInsight has been a challange, but in a side-by-side comparison it has already produced a better image than Siril did.

Files associated with this observation

NGC2685.jpg (1.7 MB)

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