Astro-images

All photos by Jeffrey W. Mirick

Specs for images taken with a camera and lens: Camera: Panasonic lumix DC-S5 Full Frame Camera - 26MB Lens: 70-200 mm, F2.8 lens Temperature: Room temperature Star Tracking: The camera was mounted on the Sky-Watcher Star Adventure to track the stars across the sky. Mount: The Sky Watcher (and camera) was mounted on a camera mount capable of holding the weight of the Star tracker, camera, and lens. Stacked images: 80 to 120 images were stacked to reduce the noise using PixInsight.

Specs for taking images using a telescope: Telescope: Orion 190 mm (7.5 inches) F5.6 Maksutov-Newtonian (Mak-Newt) Astrogrraph Telescope Mount: Orion Atlas II, EQ-G Computerized Goto Mount Camera: Orion cooled CMOS 26 MB G26 camera Temperature: Camera was cooled to 0 C Filter: SkyGlow Broadband Filter - Light pollution filter

Galaxies

Colliding Galaxies - Irregular Galaxies

Arp 116, M60 and NGC 4647 and other galaxies
Distance to M60: 57 Million Light Years

Arp 271, NGC 5426, NGC 5427
Distance: 120 Millionn Light Years

The Stephan's Quinter
Distance: 210 to 340 Millionn Light Years

Arp 65 - colliding galaxies
Distance: 335 million light years

Arp 147 - colliding galaxies
Distance: 430 million light years

Arp 55, Grasshopper Galaxy, UGC 4881 - colliding galaxies
Distance: 527 Million Light Years

M84, Eyes Galaxies, Markarian's Chain, and other galaxies
Distance: 52-60 Million Light Years

Quasars

3c48 - Quasar
Distance: 3.9 billion light years

Twin Quasars, gravitaqtional lensing, the Phantom Frisbee Galaxy
Distance to twin quasars: 8.8 Billion Light Years

NGC 3226 and NGC 3227, Arp 94 Distance: 50 Million Light Years	NGC 2444 and NGC 2445, Arp 143 Distance: 184 Million Light Years
Arp 148, Mayall's Object Distance: 450 Million Light Years

Camera	Telescope
Leo Galaxy Cluster of 3	The Leo Galaxies
Andromeda Galaxy	The Andromeda Galaxy
M81 and M82: Camera, 200 mm lens	M81 and M82: Telescope
Whirlpool Galaxy
Cluster of galaxies in Leo - M99 and M100