NGC 4656, the Whale Galaxy, above, and NGC 4631, the Hockey Stick Galaxy, below, in Canes Venatici. This is a stack of only 5 x 8-minute exposures at ISO 800 with the Canon EOS Ra and through the SharpStar 140mm refractor at f/6.5 with no field flattener. Some light haze moved in during the last exposures. Taken from home March 27, 2020.
NGC 4945 galaxy in Centaurus. Taken with 4in Astro-Physics refractor at f/6 with field flattener and Hutech-modified Canon 5D camera at ISO 400 for stack of 4 x 16 minute exposures. Taken from Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia, April 23, 2007.
NGC 5128 irregular galaxy (Hamburger Galaxy), with Canon 20Da camera with 4-inch Astro-Physics Traveler apo refractor at f/6 for 6 minutes each at ISO800. Stack of 2 exposures, averaged stacked. Taken from Queensland, Australia, July 2006.
