M95 & M96 - 24/03/2007

Wide angle image of M95 & M96 in Leo
10 x 600sec exposures @ 500mm focal length



These galaxies are fainter than I expected - much fainter than M65 & M66.

Regards,

Sweet! You've ticked all the boxes.

What's the little fella centre bottom?

The little galaxy at the bottom of the image is PGC 32119 - Magnitude:15.0

Sweet! You've ticked all the boxes.

What's the little fella centre bottom?

Only thing I'd like to do in future is take alot more images. I'm starting to realise that to get any sort of decent images, one has to think of devoting an entire night(s) to a single image. It's the only way really to get good both good signal and low noise - long exposures and plenty of them! I must go for more images of these guys again the next clear night.

Nice pronounced bar in the centre of both galaxies - that's the first time I've seen them so clearly in amateur images - very cool!

Phil.

What a nice pair of steering wheels!

Unusual to see two such similar barred spirals in one field!

Nice image.

Bart.