1004X EX-VIEW LONG EXPOSURE ASTRO CAMERA
29th OCTOBER 2002 THE MAFFEI GALAXIES
The Maffei galaxies are a group local to our galaxy, but because they lie in the plane of the Milky Way, we view them through the dust and gas and so they are rather faint. If it was not for this, Maffei 1 and 2 would be among the five the brightest galaxies in the night sky. They were not recognised as galaxies until the 1960's
Maffei 1
(mag11.3)VC200L FL 1250mm 1004x_JG 22x 1min
Maffei 2
(mag 16)Negative image to enhance faint galaxy
VC200L FL 1250mm 1004x_JG lo res mode 9x1min + 11x2min + 5x5min
Reworked version with 5min exposures left out, and an improved flat field correction , allowing background to be lowered
