Mario has sent us a half-dozen new images for his gallery, all spring
galaxies, many instantly recognizable, a few which have made the rounds
here but are worth another view. Mario writes that his goal "was to get a
few... favorites in color, galaxies that I enjoy viewing and have not
imaged in some years, hoping to get nicer color images with improved detail
using more modern techniques." The results speak for themselves. You can
see them all here https://gaac.us/gallery-2/mario3/.

Mario's technical notes are at the very bottom of this email. The notes
that follow here focus entirely on the galaxies themselves, so even if you
normally skip the details, you could well find these interesting and fun,
in concert with the images:

• M51, 31 million light years away in Canes Venatici, is a perfect
  example of a classic face-on spiral, with the added attraction of a merger
  with the galaxy NGC5195 just to the north.

• M101, with a Supernova! The Supernova is located in the eastern [left]
  spiral arm, at about 8 o'clock position, and self-marked by diffraction
  spikes. It is 10.8 magnitude in this image taken May 21, 2 days after
  discovery, and is 21 million light years away in Ursa Major.

• NGC4565, my favorite edge on galaxy in the sky, is incredible to see
  live as well. It is in Coma Berenices, about 30-40 million light
  years away, with nice detail seen in the dark dust lane. A careful look
  shows a double hump in the central core, an indication it is a barred
  spiral, and slightly turned edges of the spiral arms, from interactions
  with nearby galaxies. This is similar to what our Milky Way would look like
  edge-on.

• NGC4631, 25 million light years away in Canes Venatici, is another
  favorite edge-on, the "Whale" galaxy. The eastern end is misshapen by the
  close interaction of the galaxy just north of it (NGC4627), and in fact it
  may have speared through NGC4631.

• NGC3628, the "Hamburger" galaxy in Leo, is distorted by gravitational
  tugs from nearby M65 and M66. It's about 35 million light years away.

• NGC5033, a beautiful tilted spiral in Canes Venatici, has nice spiral
  structure and plenty of Ha regions. It's about 40 million light years away.

Here are the technical notes: "All are taken with my 32 inch F6.5, and
with a ZWO ASI6200 camera, with Lum, R/G/B filters and some with added Ha.
Almost all are about 4 hours of imaging."

These are all world class images, Mario,and spectacularly sharp thanks to BlurX.
Phil

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Deneen michael.patrick.deneen@gmail.com
To: photo@lists.gaac.us
Cc: GAAC astro@lists.gaac.us; Fritz Boettger fritzdekatt@gmail.com; Alan Winter winterboy76@gmail.com; Patty Deneen padeneen@yahoo.com
Sent: Fri, Jun 2, 2023 7:38 am
Subject: [Astro] New Images from Mario Motta

Mario has sent us a half-dozen new images for his gallery, all spring galaxies, many instantly recognizable, a few which have made the rounds here but are worth another view. Mario writes that his goal "was to get a few... favorites in color, galaxies that I enjoy viewing and have not imaged in some years, hoping to get nicer color images with improved detail using more modern techniques." The results speak for themselves. You can see them all here. 
Mario's technical notes are at the very bottom of this email. The notes that follow here focus entirely on the galaxies themselves, so even if you normally skip the details, you could well find these interesting and fun, in concert with the images:

• M51, 31 million light years away in Canes Venatici, is a perfect example of a classic face-on spiral, with the added attraction of a merger with the galaxy NGC5195 just to the north.

• M101, with a Supernova! The Supernova is located in the eastern [left] spiral arm, at about 8 o'clock position, and self-marked by diffraction spikes. It is 10.8 magnitude in this image taken May 21, 2 days after discovery, and is 21 million light years away in Ursa Major. 

• NGC4565, my favorite edge on galaxy in the sky, is incredible to see live as well. It is in Coma Berenices, about 30-40 million light years away, with nice detail seen in the dark dust lane. A careful look shows a double hump in the central core, an indication it is a barred spiral, and slightly turned edges of the spiral arms, from interactions with nearby galaxies. This is similar to what our Milky Way would look like edge-on.

• NGC4631, 25 million light years away in Canes Venatici, is another favorite edge-on, the "Whale" galaxy. The eastern end is misshapen by the close interaction of the galaxy just north of it (NGC4627), and in fact it may have speared through NGC4631. 

• NGC3628, the "Hamburger" galaxy in Leo, is distorted by gravitational tugs from nearby M65 and M66. It's about 35 million light years away.

• NGC5033, a beautiful tilted spiral in Canes Venatici, has nice spiral structure and plenty of Ha regions. It's about 40 million light years away.
  Here are the technical notes: "All are taken with my 32 inch F6.5, and with a ZWO ASI6200 camera, with Lum, R/G/B filters and some with added Ha.  Almost all are about 4 hours of imaging."

astro@lists.gaac.us
https://gaac.us
http://www.facebook.com/GAACpage

Mario:  Great color and detail.  All great images.

John Hobbshobbs_john@verizon.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Deneen michael.patrick.deneen@gmail.com
To: photo@lists.gaac.us
Cc: GAAC astro@lists.gaac.us; Fritz Boettger fritzdekatt@gmail.com; Alan Winter winterboy76@gmail.com; Patty Deneen padeneen@yahoo.com
Sent: Fri, Jun 2, 2023 7:38 am
Subject: [Astro] New Images from Mario Motta

Mario has sent us a half-dozen new images for his gallery, all spring galaxies, many instantly recognizable, a few which have made the rounds here but are worth another view. Mario writes that his goal "was to get a few... favorites in color, galaxies that I enjoy viewing and have not imaged in some years, hoping to get nicer color images with improved detail using more modern techniques." The results speak for themselves. You can see them all here. 
Mario's technical notes are at the very bottom of this email. The notes that follow here focus entirely on the galaxies themselves, so even if you normally skip the details, you could well find these interesting and fun, in concert with the images:

• M51, 31 million light years away in Canes Venatici, is a perfect example of a classic face-on spiral, with the added attraction of a merger with the galaxy NGC5195 just to the north.

• M101, with a Supernova! The Supernova is located in the eastern [left] spiral arm, at about 8 o'clock position, and self-marked by diffraction spikes. It is 10.8 magnitude in this image taken May 21, 2 days after discovery, and is 21 million light years away in Ursa Major. 

• NGC4565, my favorite edge on galaxy in the sky, is incredible to see live as well. It is in Coma Berenices, about 30-40 million light years away, with nice detail seen in the dark dust lane. A careful look shows a double hump in the central core, an indication it is a barred spiral, and slightly turned edges of the spiral arms, from interactions with nearby galaxies. This is similar to what our Milky Way would look like edge-on.

• NGC4631, 25 million light years away in Canes Venatici, is another favorite edge-on, the "Whale" galaxy. The eastern end is misshapen by the close interaction of the galaxy just north of it (NGC4627), and in fact it may have speared through NGC4631. 

• NGC3628, the "Hamburger" galaxy in Leo, is distorted by gravitational tugs from nearby M65 and M66. It's about 35 million light years away.

• NGC5033, a beautiful tilted spiral in Canes Venatici, has nice spiral structure and plenty of Ha regions. It's about 40 million light years away.
  Here are the technical notes: "All are taken with my 32 inch F6.5, and with a ZWO ASI6200 camera, with Lum, R/G/B filters and some with added Ha.  Almost all are about 4 hours of imaging."

astro@lists.gaac.us
https://gaac.us
http://www.facebook.com/GAACpage

Mario Motta,Amazing journey from human to cosmic pulses.  Beautiful!Regards,Howie Relles
Dr. Howard M. RellesTESS Followup Observing Team--------------------------------
"Chance favors the prepared mind."...Louis Pasteur

On Friday, June 2, 2023 at 09:53:45 AM EDT, Mario Motta <drmariomotta@gmail.com> wrote:  

Thanks.So many nice objects that it seemed time to redo some of the skies best objects. May do the same for the summer best nebulaeMario
On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 9:42 AM philorb--- via Photo photo@lists.gaac.us wrote:

These are all world class images, Mario,and spectacularly sharp thanks to BlurX.
Phil

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Deneen michael.patrick.deneen@gmail.com
To: photo@lists.gaac.us
Cc: GAAC astro@lists.gaac.us; Fritz Boettger fritzdekatt@gmail.com; Alan Winter winterboy76@gmail.com; Patty Deneen padeneen@yahoo.com
Sent: Fri, Jun 2, 2023 7:38 am
Subject: [Astro] New Images from Mario Motta

Mario has sent us a half-dozen new images for his gallery, all spring galaxies, many instantly recognizable, a few which have made the rounds here but are worth another view. Mario writes that his goal "was to get a few... favorites in color, galaxies that I enjoy viewing and have not imaged in some years, hoping to get nicer color images with improved detail using more modern techniques." The results speak for themselves. You can see them all here. 
Mario's technical notes are at the very bottom of this email. The notes that follow here focus entirely on the galaxies themselves, so even if you normally skip the details, you could well find these interesting and fun, in concert with the images:

• M51, 31 million light years away in Canes Venatici, is a perfect example of a classic face-on spiral, with the added attraction of a merger with the galaxy NGC5195 just to the north.

• M101, with a Supernova! The Supernova is located in the eastern [left] spiral arm, at about 8 o'clock position, and self-marked by diffraction spikes. It is 10.8 magnitude in this image taken May 21, 2 days after discovery, and is 21 million light years away in Ursa Major. 

• NGC4565, my favorite edge on galaxy in the sky, is incredible to see live as well. It is in Coma Berenices, about 30-40 million light years away, with nice detail seen in the dark dust lane. A careful look shows a double hump in the central core, an indication it is a barred spiral, and slightly turned edges of the spiral arms, from interactions with nearby galaxies. This is similar to what our Milky Way would look like edge-on.

• NGC4631, 25 million light years away in Canes Venatici, is another favorite edge-on, the "Whale" galaxy. The eastern end is misshapen by the close interaction of the galaxy just north of it (NGC4627), and in fact it may have speared through NGC4631. 

• NGC3628, the "Hamburger" galaxy in Leo, is distorted by gravitational tugs from nearby M65 and M66. It's about 35 million light years away.

• NGC5033, a beautiful tilted spiral in Canes Venatici, has nice spiral structure and plenty of Ha regions. It's about 40 million light years away.
  Here are the technical notes: "All are taken with my 32 inch F6.5, and with a ZWO ASI6200 camera, with Lum, R/G/B filters and some with added Ha.  Almost all are about 4 hours of imaging."

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