This galaxy looks like Mexican hat, therefore it’s called Sombrero. It’s approximately 28 million light years away from Earth, located in the constellation Virgo. Giant cloud of dust surrounds the galaxy and blocks the light coming from the stars located inside the ring. This makes the galaxy very unique and photogenic. In my opinion, the best picture taken by Hubble space telescope is Sombrero galaxy.
The picture I took has not that high quality, because of triangular stars, which are caused by overtightened primary mirror. Probably in 2016 I will have to photograph this galaxy again.
Telescope: | Newton 200/1000 mm |
Aperture: | 200 mm |
Focal length: | 1000 mm |
Mount | Skywatcher EQ-6 |
Autoguiding | Orion Mini Autoguider |
Camera: | Moravian instruments G2 8300M @-30C |
Corrector: | Baader MPCC |
Filters: | Baader LRGB |
Exposure: | 12xL, 6RGB, 300s, bin 1x1 |