Messier 64 with IFN
Description and Details:
Messier 64 (Black Eye Galaxy), located ~17 million light-years away in Coma Berenices, showing its prominent dust lane caused by counter-rotating gas. Surrounding it is Integrated Flux Nebula (IFN), a foreground galactic cirrus illuminated by the diffuse light of the universe.
Details:
Telescope: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120 ED Pro
Reducer: Riccardi 0.75× Field Reducer
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM Pro (Monochrome)
Mount: ZWO AM5 Harmonic Drive
Focuser: ZWO EAF Electronic Auto-Focuser
Filters: Antlia 3nm LRGB (2")
Location: AstroCamp, Nerpio, Albacete, Spain
Elevation: 1670m
Sky Quality: Bortle 1
Processing: PixInsight & Adobe Photoshop
Total 20.5 hrs of exposure
Data acquisition: Chris Gaudy (@astrophotomarket )
Image Processing: Harshwardhan Pathak
Name: Harshwardhan Pathak
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