Sombrero Galaxy (Deep), KuriousGeorge

Sombrero Galaxy (Deep)

Sombrero Galaxy (Deep), KuriousGeorge

Sombrero Galaxy (Deep)

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During this time of the year we see very dark skies due to a marine layer at lower altitude. That along with less lights during quarantine allows us to see 21.7+ SQM skies. (-:

After seeing this deep exposure of the Sombrero Galaxy, I thought I'd try the same with the Planewave CDK24...

M104 Deep by Benjamin Csizi with 500mm ChileScope

Discussion on APOD site

Now what you see here is tricky. Could some of this be due to my optics? Not sure, but the thick faint stem protruding down with the faint tail off to the right seems like a possible ancient migration?

Processing was minimized to preserve as much as possible with no deconvolution nor gradient removal. Flats were taken very carefully in a completely dark space with an Altinak Flat-Man panel.

Wondering if I should go deeper, especially if this may not be an optical artifact caused by the bright galaxy?

***UPDATE***

Captured another 11x1800 to the North to see what may be happening there.

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Description: Mosaic to look for tidal stream to the North.

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