NGC 4244 "Silver Needle Galaxy"

Image Title: NGC 4244 "Silver Needle Galaxy"

Copyright: Jean-Baptiste Aurou

Date image was taken: May 09, 2024

Location: Fouras (France)

Image Description and Details: NGC 4244 is an edge-on loose spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici, and is part of the M94 Group, a galaxy group relatively close to the Local Group containing the Milky Way.
In the sky, it is located near the yellow naked-eye star, Beta CVn (Chara).

This is my first image taken with my new camera, an asi 2600 mm-pro, which replaces my old Atik16200 and AtikOne 6.0 CCD cameras.

L : 50 x 300s - R : 24 x 300s - G : 24 x 300s - B : 24 x 300s
Total : 10h10

Equipment Details: TSA-102, AZEQ6, ASI2600MM-Pro, RAF 7x36mm, OAG M68, Filtres Antlia LRGB
Pix & PS

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