The comet and the galaxy

Joseph/ July 20, 2020/ Uncategorized/ 2 comments

Yesterday night I imaged the comet again, this time round acquiring a deeper exposure. While I was happy with the synchronous banding showing quite clearly in the dust tail, I was even happier to realise that I had also bagged a spiral galaxy: NGC 2841! 

 
Known as ‘Tiger’s eye’, you can see it feebly shining from behind the dust tail. It might look tiny in this photograph, but keep in mind that’s an entire galaxy comprising billions of stars, lying some 46 million light years away. If you want to see it up close, here’s Hubble’s image of it: 
https://hubblesite.org/image/3845/printshop

2 Comments

  1. Godfrey Baldacchino

    Jaw-dropping photography – prosit Joseph

    1. Joseph author

      Thanks for the kind comment, Godfrey!

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