• NGC 4395 in Canes Vanatici
    • NGC 4395 galaxy
    NGC 4395
  • NGC 4395 is a Seyfert Type I galaxy, which means it has
  • a supermassive black hole center and therefore an
  • active galactive nucleus (AGN).  Found in
  • the constellation Canes Venatici, NGC 4395
  • has a low surface brightness even though
  • it is only 14 Mly from us.
  • Hover over the picture for an annotated version
  • Date:  8 March 2026
  • FOV:  cropped to 30' × 20'; the apparent size
  • of NGC 4395 is about 13.2′ × 11.0′
  • Rotation:  0.019°
  • Telescope:  Orion 127mm Mak-Cass (1382mm, nominally 1540mm, f/12.1)
  • Guiding:  ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide camera,
  • SVBony SV165 Mini 40mm f/4 guide scope
  • Computer:  ASIair pro Raspberry Pi
  • Mount:  ZWO AM5
  • Camera:  ZWO ASI071MC Pro Cooled (-10°C) Color CMOS with gain 90
  • Pixel size:  4.78 μm
  • Resolution:  0.713 arcsec/pixel
  • Stacking:  fifty-five 300 second frames using Pixinsight
  • Calibration:  20 flats, 20 dark flats, and 20 darks
  • Total Time:  4 hours 35 minutes
  • Processing:  Pixinsight – SPPC, DBE, SPCC, BlurXT, NoiseXT, DynCrop → Linear
  • MStr, GHS, HST, PMath MStr + GHS + HST → Stars, Sat,
  • StarXT, MStr, GHS, HST, PMath MStr + GHS + HST → Starless,
  • CurvesTr, HDRMST5PhLm, PMath ~(~Stars*~Starless) → Blend, scale
  • Location:  Darling Hill Observatory near Vesper, NY