Update: Have added some more data and worked on processing.
I really like how NGC5014 came out now - wished I had more focal length to capte it in more detail.
Have also used Pixinsight's Annotate Script to identify all the PGC galaxies in the image and have gathered the best distance modulo values from hyperleda (created a sql query for the 50 objects using Excel to do this automated).
The most distant (identified) galaxy in this image is PGC2086098 with a distance modulo of 39.769 ± 0.019.
With the math I've outlined for our M63 image (
https://astrob.in/dkv52p/E/), that translates to 2.93 ± 0.03 trillion lightyears distance!
You can find the object at the very top of the image (a lttle left from NGC 5033) and when you zoom in, you can even recognize a tidal tail.
Hope you like it and CS
Timo
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Dear Astronomers,
We finally invested in a mono cam and filters
With the weather still being horrible, we only got one night so far to test it (with full moon, of course).
Well - as you might image - there is still a lot to learn and improve, but nevertheless, the kids and I think that our first try did not end in a complete disaster but in a rather nice image.
We're quite happy with NGC 5033 - our main target - but also like the other galaxies and - especially the blue objects at the left (which I suppose are UGC 8303 and UGC 8314) - a lot.
Hope you like it too and CS
Timo
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