Another galaxy from the fine spell we had in March 2012.
NGC 4145 is a nicely formed by very small spiral parked right next to an extremely bright Mag 7 star, which makes for an attractive if challanging framing.
The smooth result comes from oodles of exposure. 4 hours on the 8 inch newtonian.
View full sized image of NGC4145 Spiral Galaxy
cCaptured and image calibrated in Maxim, final processing in Photoshop
This image was autoguided using my homemade off axis guider with Lodestar.
Imaged with my homemade telescope mount
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Curdridge Observatory, Southampton,UK
