• Arp 244, NGC 4038 and NGC 4039 in Corvus
    • Antenna Galaxies
    Antenna Galaxies Annotated image
  • Arp 244, NGC 4038 and NGC 4039, are the Antenna Galaxies.
  • Hover over the picture for an annotated version
  • Date:  2 May 2024
  • FOV:  Cropped to 45' × 30'; NCG 4038 is about 5.2' by 3.1'
  • FOV:  approximately 45' × 30'; the apparent size of M92 is about 14'
  • Telescope:  Orion 127mm Mak-Cass (1493mm, nominally 1540mm, f/12.1)
  • Guiding:  ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide camera,
  • SVBony SV165 Mini 40mm f/4 guide scope
  • Computer:  ASIair pro Raspberry Pi
  • Mount:  iOptron CEM40
  • Camera:  ZWO ASI6200MC Pro Cooled (-10°C) Color CMOS with gain 100
  • Pixel size:  3.76 μm
  • Resolution:  0.519 arcsec/pixel April and 0.519 arcsec/pixel May
  • Filter:  none
  • Stacking:  forty-five 240 second frames using Pixinsight
  • Total Time:  3 hours
  • Processing:  Pixinsight – SPPC, DBE, BlurXT, NoiseXT, DynCrop,
  • MStr, GHS, HST, PMath MStr + GHS + HST, HDR4,
  • StarXT, Bill Blanshan StarReduction, Sat, Scale
  • Location:  Darling Hill Observatory in Vesper, NY