NGC 4038 & 4039 (Timothy Martin)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Corvus (Crv) · Contains: Antennae · Antennae Galaxies · NGC 4038 · NGC 4039

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NGC 4038 & 4039

I sure would have liked a lot more time on this target, but I had to call it quits for this year because my C5 camera is currently headed to the Czech Republic for repair. It would disconnect under conditions of high humidity. Trying various power supplies as recommended and supplied by Moravian didn't help. This was a very early unit--only the 25th unit of the C5a-100M manufactured. Fortunately, the second C5 I have in use on my TOA has functioned flawlessly for seven months now under pretty harsh conditions, so I'm hopeful that this repair trip will put this unit to rights.

But on to the target at hand. To me, John Hayes has produced the definitive amateur image of the cores of these galaxies. I can't begin to approach that level of detail with my gear and my level of skill. But the important thing to me is to keep improving my results. Three years ago, I shot this target on a dark-sky trip to the Texas panhandle (Palo Duro Canyon, specifically). I think this latest effort is a big improvement over that one.

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Astrometry.net job	9816517
PixInsight job	NUCR6GBJV3XI2Q8X4IRIP0IOQUMLELJI
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	12h01m50s.774
RA (top/left)	12h01m37s.107
RA (top/right)	12h03m00s.132
RA (bottom/right)	12h02m04s.403
RA (bottom/left)	12h00m41s.415

Dec (center)	-18°53′57″.49
Dec (top/left)	-19°11′10″.60
Dec (top/right)	-18°47′48″.85
Dec (bottom/right)	-18°36′43″.78
Dec (bottom/left)	-19°00′03″.42

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