Paul LeFevre's
CCD Image Gallery -- Galaxies

M33, The Pinwheel Galaxy; 8" Schmidt-Newt @f/4
LRGB 60:20:16:18
October 3, 2002 from Lake San Antonio, CA

The "Leo Trio" of Galaxies, TV-85 @f/5.6
60 minutes (30x2-minute exposures)
April 14, 2002 from Ventana Wilderness Expeditions near Chew's Ridge, CA

NGC 4565 in Coma Berenices, TV-85 @f/5.6
60 minutes (20x3-minute exposures)
April 14, 2002 from Ventana Wilderness Expeditions near Chew's Ridge, CA

NGC 4631 and NGC 4656-57, TV-85 @f/5.6
60 minutes (20x3-minute exposures)
April 14, 2002 from Ventana Wilderness Expeditions near Chew's Ridge, CA

NGC 891, Spiral Galaxy in Andromeda
102mm Mak-Cass @ f/12.7, HX916 Camera
January 11, 2002 from Escondido, CA
LRGB Image; L=40 minutes binned 1x1, RGB=30:24:28 binned 2x2
This image was published in Sky & Telescope magazine in the November, 2002 issue!

Centaurus "A", NGC 5128
10" LX200 @ f/6.3, MX7-C Camera
April 30, 2001 from Little Blair Valley (Anza-Borrego Desert), CA
16 minutes (16x1minute), one-shot color

M51
10" LX200 @ f/6.3, MX7-C Camera
March 14, 2001 from Escondido, CA
32 minutes (16x 2-minutes), one-shot color

M81
10" LX200 @ f/6.3, MX7-C Camera
March 28, 2001 from Escondido, CA
18 minutes (18x1 minute), one-shot color

M83
10" LX200 @ f/5, MX7-C Camera
April 27, 2001 from Palomar Mountain, CA
30 minutes (30x1 minute)

M104, (The Sombrero Galaxy)
10" LX200 @ f/6.3, MX7-C Camera
April 30, 2001 from Escondido, CA
32 minutes (16x 2-minutes), one-shot color

M106
10" LX200 @ f/6.3, MX7-C Camera
March 14, 2001 from Escondido, CA
32 minutes (16x 2-minutes), one-shot color

M33
TV-85 @ f/5.6, MX7-C Camera
July 18, 2001 from Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA
30 minutes (30x1 minute), one-shot color

M33
TV-85 @ f/5.6, HX916 Camera
January 11, 2002 from Escondido, CA
60 minutes unfiltered, binned 1x1