Silver Needle Galaxy
NGC 4244 is a loose edge-on spiral galaxy. It is also catalogued as Caldwell 26 and nickanamed the Silver Needle Galaxy. It lies a little more than 14 million light years away from us in the constellation of Canes Venatici (the Hunting Dogs), and is a member of a nearby galaxy cluster called the M94 Galaxy Group.
Celestron 14″ EDGE HD telescope at f/11 (3,931 mm focal length) and QHY600M-SBFL camera binned 2×2 with Optolong filters.
38 x 5m Red = 3hr 10m
39 x 5m Green = 3hr 15m
37 x 5m Blue = 3hr 05m
29 x 5m Ha = 2hr 25m
Total: 11hr 55m
Copyright: Ron Brecher
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