Observation by Adam Rawlinson: NGC4126 & Friends

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Adam Rawlinson

Observer

Adam Rawlinson

Observed

2026 Apr 06 - 23:00

Uploaded

2026 Apr 07 - 21:47

Objects

NGC4216
NGC4222
NGC4206

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Constellation

Virgo

Field centre

RA: 12^h15^m
Dec: +13°08'
Position angle: +96°22'

Field size

1°03' × 0°36'

Equipment

QHY MiniCAM 8 - CMOS
Primaluca 90ED
Skywatcher Az-EQ6

Exposure

10x500sec subs

Location

sandhurst

Target name

NGC4216

Title

NGC4126 & Friends

About this image

A deep image of NGS4216 and it's surrounding entourage. No processing other than crunching up to get a JPG to upload.
Just look at all those faint galaxies in this image. I have annotated using Gaia DR3 data, but there are still others which lurk in this image. Most are obscure PGC and IC fuzzies. We're down into Mag(v) of 15 or greater here. Some of the PGC objects in this image are pushing Mag(v) 18

No filter on this image. Although I am noticing this camera does seem to prefer some filtering - it seems much more sensitive to IR than some of the older CCDs in my arsenal.

20 years ago, if you had told me I would be able to capture detail like this in a short session I would have been amazed.

Files associated with this observation

NGC4216-QHY-90ED_proc.jpg (793.7 kB)

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