interacting galaxies are most fascinating objects on the night sky.
I intended to image these pair of nice galaxies for a long time and waited until seeing was truly decent.
Date: 10.2.2008- seeing 6-8/10; transp. 6-7/10
Scope: 9" TMB Apo f/9
CCD: SXV H16 L: 15x9 min; R,G,B 2x2 bin 7x9 min
Software: AstroArt4 image acqu. guiding, preprocessing: Maxim DL; Registax; CCD sharp
Processing: postprocess. PS CS2 and Pix InSight LE
a small preview image:
the image at full size, enlagred crop and some detail about that couple can be found on my website:
http://www.stargazer-observatory.com/ngc4490.html
thanks for taking a look.
best regards,
Dietmar
