I was finally was able to do some imaging. Since the moon was near Virgo, I pointed the telescope in the other direction and finished the last of the Messier objects near the Big Dipper.
M102 (NGC 5866), also known as the Spindle Galaxy, is an edge-on lenticular galaxy located in the northern constellation Draco at a distance of 50 million light years from Earth. This is a circumpolar galaxy and never sets below the horizon North of 35 degrees. Also of interest, the north celestial pole passes within a degree of M102 every 25,800 years. The galaxy last marked the location of the pole about 6,900 years ago, in 4900 BC, and will do so again in 18,900 years, around 20900 AD (source: Messier Objects).
This is 86 Messier objects and counting...
Crop
Wide Field
M102
Location: Happy Frog Observatory, Monroe, CT
Date: 6-1-17
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i(a), Backyard EOS
Telescope: Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Barlow: None
Focal Length: 600mm
f/7.5
Focal Reducer: Orion 0.8x Focal Reducer for Refractor Telescopes
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G GoTo Telescope Mount
Filter: Astrodon UV/IR
Autoguiding: QHY-5L-II-M attached to an Agena 50mm Guide Scope with Helical Focuser
Exposure: 43 x 90s
ISO: 1600
Temp: 18 C
Post Processing: Deep Sky Stacker, Photoshop, Lightroom, Gradient Exterminator, Astronomy Tools, StarTools.
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