LoTr 5 to NGC 4725 - A Two Panel Mosaic

Image Title: LoTr 5 to NGC 4725 - A Two Panel Mosaic

Copyright: Chris Parfett

Date image was taken: April 22, 2024

Location: Bittern Lake, Alberta, Canada

Image Description and Details: This has been an area I wanted to image for a while, and now that I have figured out how to put together mosaics correctly this was the spring to do it.  My focal length on my 2 bigger scopes at 715 & 750mm makes galaxy season a challenge being I have imaged what would be classed as the bigger galaxies already.  Putting LoTr 5 and NGC 4725 together seemed like a good plan.  This is a 2 panel mosaic where the GT102 collected the L data for both panels, the PHQ gathered the OIII, and the little FF65 did the RGB in OSC. The whole area fit in it's FOV, so that saved a bit of time not having to do 2 panels of RGB.  

Info from Wikipedia:

LoTr 5 is a large, faint planetary nebula in the constellation of Coma Berenices. In 2018, its parallax was measured by Gaia, giving a distance of about 1,650 light-years.  As of 2018, LoTr 5 has the highest galactic latitude of any known planetary nebula, being only 1.5 degrees away from the galactic north pole.  Scientists noted this because if the distance of the nebula were found to be greater than a few hundred parsecs, then the gas from the nebula would be expanding into the galactic halo, where there is little interaction with the interstellar medium. 

NGC 4725 is an intermediatebarred spiral galaxy with a prominent ring structure.  NGC 4725 is the brightest member of the Coma I Group of the Coma-Sculptor Cloud, although it is relatively isolated from the other members of this group.  This galaxy is strongly disturbed and is interacting with neighboring spiral galaxy NGC 4747, with its spiral arms showing indications of warping.  A tidal plume extends from NGC 4747 toward NGC 4725.

Equipment Details: Askar PHQ 107 and William Optics GT102
ZWO ASI 2600MM Pro
Antlia LRGBSHO filters
ZWO 7 position 2" filter wheel
WO 50mm UniGuide/ZWO ASI 290mm mini
Sky-Watcher EQ6r Pro
ZWO ASI Air Plus / ZWO EAF
APP, Pixinsight & Photoshop

ZWO FF65 - ZWO ASI 2600MC Pro

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