Spiral Galaxy NGC 7331

Hi guys & gals,

This is the first image taken in the second half of 2008.

Image of Spiral Galaxy NGC 7331

webtreatz.com/component/option,com_zoo/I...geNo,3/key,26/hit,1/


After a lot of rain, the sky was clear early morning with very good clarity. There are four other nebulae in this image. I haven’t checked them out. Any body any know them?

These are multiple images in order to obtain improve S/N. These multiple images have been stacked and processed using MaximDL and then cleaned up using MIRA PRO 7.5.

I do plan to take further images of this galaxy using specific filters.

Spiral Galaxy NGC 7331

Taken on 22 August 2008
Using 0.9m Wynne Newt. at f/4
plus AP8p CCD
Exposures: L 10 x 60 secs
Processed with MaximDL and MIRA PRO 7.5

Eamonn A

www.kingslandobservatory.com

The link was partially missed in the previous message.
I hope this works. This is the image of the galaxy

webtreatz.com/component/option,com_zoom/...geNo,3/key,26/hit,1/


Eamonn A

Eamonn, that is superb detail aquired with this popular galaxy.

The detail that seperated dust from light in the spiral arms i sthere to see well. I wonder how Messier missed it??

Well done on a fabulous shot!

Keith..

Wow, so much dust detail in the spirals. Its like looking down at a hurricane from the ISS in orbit.

Amazing image Eamonn!

Splendid image considering the bright moonlight over the last couple of nights. I saw this object on Wednesday 20th from the city, but it took ages to find. Much better view and much easier to find on Friday night from a dark site in Co. Down, although even then, only the bright central area was clearly visible, with just a hint of the spiral arms.
As for the nearby galaxies, Sue French describes them as background galaxies, no more than 14th magnitude, so I presume they are not on the NGC list.

Glad you all liked the image.

In fact the image was taken when the Moon was covered by some cloud.

I hope to take another image of it using different filters and using longer exposures.

Eamonn A

www.kingslandobservatory.com