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Photographer:
David Krause
Location of Photo:
Hendersonville, NC
Date/Time of photo:
January through May 2026
Equipment:
Personal Astrophotography Rig - details in description
Description:
My primary goal with this project was to capture the hydrogen bridge which is the faint, sweeping filament of ionized hydrogen gas connecting the giant elliptical galaxy M86 and the interacting spiral NGC 4438. I almost gave up on trying to capture the hydrogen bridge as it’s incredibly faint and required more than double the amount of hours I thought I needed before I even started to Image Data Total Integration Time: 75 hours Ha: 519 frames x 300 sec (43 hours) Luminance: 368 frames x 120 sec (12 hours) Red: 193 frames x 120 sec (7 hours) Green: 190 frames x 120 sec (6 hours) Blue: 190 frames x 120 sec (6 hours) Telescope: AT130 Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro Camera: PlayerOne Poseidon-M Pro Filters: Antlia HaLRGB Capture & Processing: N.I.N.A./APP/Pixinsi
