Designation:
M77
Date:
January 7th, 2019
Camera:
Canon EOS 7D Mark II ( unmodified )
Optics:
Sky-Watcher ED120mm Doublet
Focal Length:
900 mm
Exposure:
27 X 300 Sec.
ISO:
1000
Mount:
Sky-Watcher NEQ6 Pro
Guiding:
Orion Star Shoot Auto Guider
Software:
Adobe Photoshop, DSS, Astroflat
Notes:
Messier 77 is a barred spiral galaxy about 47 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus.
Both Messier and William Herschel described this galaxy as a star cluster. Today, however, the object is known to be a galaxy.
In lower right of the photo is NGC 1055, an edge on spiral galaxy.