And another one - M58,59,60, Siamese Twins and others in Virgo - LRGB

[Roberto]

Another one taken in the second half of February and finished a couple of nights ago:

M58, M59, M60, Siamese Twins and others in Virgo - LRGB - wide field

Details here - check the annotated versio - taken with the usual tandem refractor setup:https://www.astrobin.com/xo6a7z/G/

Dates: 14 Feb 2023 ·  20 Feb 2023 ·  27 Feb 2023 ·  15 Mar 2023
Frames: OSC - 77×300″(6h 25′) bin 1×1
Luminance - IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm: 44×600″(7h 20′) bin 1×1
Integration: 13h 45′
Avg. Moon age: 13.34 days
Avg. Moon phase: 34.42%



And some close-ups:

M89, NGC4550/1



M60, M59



M58 and Siamese Twins



Roberto

[Carole]

Great results Roberto


Carole

[Roberto]

Thank you Carole!

[Rick]

A nice selection. I guess all these cloudy nights have a use (of sorts).

[Roberto]

A nice selection. I guess all these cloudy nights have a use (of sorts).

They keep me busy if it clears after midnight! That's when all the shots for this one were taken. 12 to 3/4/5AM.

[Ivor]

Great image, amazing amount of detail.

[Roberto]

Thank you Ivor. The seeing was above average for the February nights.

[Dave A]

Roberto,

Great images well done.
Also did you know that the phrase used ' Siamese twins ' is not really correct.
Although the conjouned twins were first discovered swimming in a canal in Thailand which was at the time Siam, the twins were actually Chinese origin !!
Any way great images