This photo session was preceded by maintenance and adjustments of my mount Losmandy G11. It came out really nice because the total error of the telescope guiding is within +/- 0.6 arc-sec . I am satisfied with such performance. The key for precise and smooth guiding are a well-lubricated and well-adjusted mount, sharp image of the guide scope and right selection of guidance parameters.
NGC 4565 – The spiral galaxy commonly named “The Needle Galaxy” lies in the Coma Berenices constellation. According to various estimates, the distance from Earth varies from 30 to 40 million light years, which means that the object’s light was emitted 30 or 40 million years ago. That is tens of millions of years before Homo Sapiens appeared on Earth. Isn’t that fascinating? The ability to see the past and, above all, what is beyond human sight. The galaxy itself is powerful. The diameter of the disk is about 200,000. light years. The image shows the delicate structures of the galaxy’s disk and its beautiful bright core. Perpendicular to the galaxy’s disk is another galaxy, NGC 4562 (mag 13.5). I collected the photo material in April, so you can see that I neglected the entries on this blog 🤔
