Observation by Mike Greenhill-Hooper: NGC3184 The Little Pinwheel Galaxy

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Mike Greenhill-Hooper

Observer

Mike Greenhill-Hooper

Observed

2026 Apr 07 - 20:20

Uploaded

2026 Oct 30 - 15:54

Objects

NGC3184

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Constellation

Ursa Major

Field centre

RA: 10^h18^m
Dec: +41°25'
Position angle: +119°08'

Field size

0°19' × 0°12'

Equipment

Telescope: 20" f/4 Obsession Dobsonian; Paracorr coma corrector
ASI294MMPro camera with L filter

Exposure

4x150 frame live stacks; 2s exposure, gain 450, temp 1C, dark corrected

Location

Miradoux, S.W. France

Target name

NGC3184

Title

NGC3184 The Little Pinwheel Galaxy

About this image

Field rotation was so rapid with this object being not far from overhead that I abandoned capturing images with the coloured filters. L live stacks processed with Affinity Photo, GraXpert, Siril and BlurXterminator.

Files associated with this observation

NGC3184 M GREENHILL-HOOPER 070426_2_ Combined1 BlurX.jpg (872.9 kB)

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Simon Paul Davis, Callum Potter, Dominic Ford, Grant Privett

Comments

Grant Privett, 2026 Oct 30 - 17:44 UTC

Surprised to see Saturn in your picture too!

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