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SCT’s CSR007, CSR016, SCT007, CSR024, CSR004, CSR022, SCT013 & CSR017 are seen at the head of an impressive 5PM9 intermodal train to Laverton, seen navigating through the curves at Murgheboluc.
G536/ G529 are on an MP9 SCT service seen stabled in long arrivals at Forrestfield yard on 23 October 2007. Photo: Jim Bisdee.
Messier 99 or M99 (NGC 4254) in the constellation Coma Berenices is a spiral galaxy approximately 56 million light-years away from Earth. Burnham states, “The spiral pattern is very well defined, although somewhat asymmetric, with an unusually far-extending arm on the west side….”
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation: Coma Berenices
Right ascension: 12h 18m 49.625s
Declination: +14° 24′ 59.36″
Distance: 45.2 Mly
Group or cluster: Virgo Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V): 9.9
Tech Specs: Meade 12” LX-90 SCT Telescope, Antares Focal Reducer, ZWO ASI2600MC camera running at -10F, 73 x 60 second exposures, Celestron CGX-L pier mounted, ZWO EAF and ASIAir Pro, processed in PixInsight. Image Date: April 1, 2025. Location: The Dark Side Observatory (W59), Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).
Galaxy season is here! This is the Black Eye Galaxy (also called Sleeping Beauty Galaxy or Evil Eye Galaxy and designated Messier 64, M64, or NGC 4826) is a relatively isolated spiral galaxy 17 million light-years away in the mildly northern constellation of Coma Berenices. A dark band of absorbing dust partially in front of its bright nucleus gave rise to its nicknames of the "Black Eye", "Evil Eye", or "Sleeping Beauty" galaxy. (ref: Wikipedia)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation: Coma Berenices
Right ascension: 12h 56m 43.696s
Declination: +21° 40′ 57.57″
Distance: 17.3 Mly
Apparent magnitude (V): 8.52
Tech Specs: Meade 12” LX-90 SCT Telescope, Antares Focal Reducer, ZWO ASI2600MC camera running at -10F, 76 x 60 second exposures, Celestron CGX-L pier mounted, ZWO EAF and ASIAir Pro, processed in PixInsight. Image Date: April 1, 2025. Location: The Dark Side Observatory (W59), Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).
4MA9 runs past the disused platforms at Hawthorn.
NYK DIANA (IMO: 9337688) is a Container Ship and is sailing under the flag of Panama. Her length overall (LOA) is 294.12 meters and her width is 32.2 meters.
Pictured here alongside at DP World Container Port, Southampton, Hampshire, UK
NYK DIANA (IMO: 9337688) is a Container Ship and is sailing under the flag of Panama. Her length overall (LOA) is 294.12 meters and her width is 32.2 meters.
Pictured here alongside at DP World Container Port, Southampton, Hampshire, UK
Here is a view of the Sunflower Galaxy, Messier 63 (M63, NGC 5055) found in the constellation Canes Venatici. It is a spiral galaxy surrounded by many short spiral arm segments. It is also a member of a group of galaxies referred to as the M51 Group. The Sunflower Galaxy lies roughly 37 million light years from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 9.3. This has been one of my favorite galaxies to image during galaxy season.
Distance to Earth: 27 million light years
Radius: 49,000 light years
Right ascension: 13h 15m 49.3s
Declination: +42°01’45”
Apparent Magnitude: 9.3
Apparent dimensions: 12′.6 x 7′.2
Stars: 400 billion
Common Name: Sunflower Galaxy
Tech Specs: Meade 12” LX-90 SCT Telescope, Antares Focal Reducer, ZWO ASI2600MC camera running at -10F, 81 x 60 second exposures, Celestron CGX-L pier mounted, ZWO EAF and ASIAir Pro, processed in PixInsight. Image Date: April 1, 2025. Location: The Dark Side Observatory (W59), Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).
With Jacarandas in full bloom along the corridor, CSR015, CSR011, CSR013 and SCT006 lead 6MP9 through Hawthorn
CSR010 and CSR014 lead 4172S through Coonamia
This is a supernova designated as 2025fvw discovered by Koichi Itagaki on March 26, 2025. It is located in the galaxy NGC 5957 in the constellation Serpens. The current estimated magnitude from my observation is 14.5V.
Tech Specs: Meade 12” LX-90 SCT Telescope, ZWO ASI2600MC camera running at -10F, 47 x 60 second exposures, Celestron CGX-L pier mounted, ZWO EAF and ASIAir Pro, processed in PixInsight and Tycho. Image Date: April 1, 2025. Location: The Dark Side Observatory (W59), Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).
EL54/57/51 head east of Inverleigh with 7922V SCT intermodal service from Dooen.
CSR014/SCT008/CSR005/CF4429 power SCT's 4AM9 near Lovely Banks, bound for Melbourne.
Quad "Sugars" or "Rice-burners". SCT MP9 with two generations of CSR locos: CSR013-CSR002-CSR009-CSR005 plus EL5? up front, rolls through suburban Goodwood under the mass of urban rail electrical infrastructure on April 6, 2022
(22J.5751_SCT_CSR013_GoodwoodWt)