Ancient Hawthorne @ Prickshaw by Ian Lord Photographer (Rochdale)
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This edge-on spiral galaxy is found 50 million light years away in Draco. Nicknamed the Knife Edge galaxy it was first discovered by William Herschel in 1788.
Data was gathered at my bortle 7 back garden in Rochdale, UK.
Boring Techie bit:
Telescope: Skywatcher Quattro 8"
Mount: EQ6r pro
Camera: ZWO 533mc pro
Filter: Optolong UV/IR.
Guided and controlled by the ZWO asiair+ using Altair 60mm guide scope & ZWO 585mc.
150 light frames 180 seconds each.
Stacked with darks, flats, dark flats & bias using WBPP in PixInsight.
Processed using Graxpert, StarNet2, PixInsight & Affinity Photo.
Ah - the now almost mystical Trans Lancs Express operated by this date, in 1974, by the newly formed Greater Manchester PTE who had acquired the route, along with the undertaking, from the predecessor SELNEC PTE upon local government reorganisation. SELNEC had launched the 400 as a limited stop "Express" service that ran from Bolton through Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, Ashton to Stockport and with certain journeys extended to Manchester Airport in 1970. This was partially in answer to the withdrawal of the Bolton - Rochdale railway services in 1970.
The service was first operated with SELNEC's coach fleet but I best recall many journeys on it with the Metro-Scania Metropolitan double deckers that howled their way around the route.
Ah - the now almost mystical Trans Lancs Express operated by this date, in 1974, by the newly formed Greater Manchester PTE who had acquired the route, along with the undertaking, from the predecessor SELNEC PTE upon local government reorganisation. SELNEC had launched the 400 as a limited stop "Express" service that ran from Bolton through Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, Ashton to Stockport and with certain journeys extended to Manchester Airport in 1970. This was partially in answer to the withdrawal of the Bolton - Rochdale railway services in 1970.
The service was first operated with SELNEC's coach fleet but I best recall many journeys on it with the Metro-Scania Metropolitan double deckers that howled their way around the route.
Ah - the now almost mystical Trans Lancs Express operated by this date, in 1974, by the newly formed Greater Manchester PTE who had acquired the route, along with the undertaking, from the predecessor SELNEC PTE upon local government reorganisation. SELNEC had launched the 400 as a limited stop "Express" service that ran from Bolton through Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, Ashton to Stockport and with certain journeys extended to Manchester Airport in 1970. This was partially in answer to the withdrawal of the Bolton - Rochdale railway services in 1970.
The service was first operated with SELNEC's coach fleet but I best recall many journeys on it with the Metro-Scania Metropolitan double deckers that howled their way around the route. The route, after many mutations, eventually perished in the aftermath of de-regulation.
Found in the constellation of Canes Venatici a mere 62 million light years away NGC 4151 has recieved the nickname 'Eye of Sauron'. This unusual spiral galaxy has an active black hole at it's core. This AGN (Active Galactic Nucleus) is one of the closest to us.
How many background galaxies can you count?
Data was gathered from my Bortle 7 back garden over 3 nights during the 1st week of April 2025. I had to delete half my subs due to guiding and star trailing issues.
Boring Techie bit:
Telescope: Skywatcher Quattro 8"
Mount: EQ6r pro
Camera: ZWO 533mc pro
Filter: Optolong UV/IR.
Guided and controlled by the ZWO asiair+ using Altair 60mm guide scope & ZWO 585mc.
60 light frames 180 seconds each.
Stacked with darks, flats, dark flats & bias using WBPP in PixInsight.
Processed using Graxpert, StarNet2, PixInsight & Affinity Photo.
Team Pennine 1725 (DX12 OVW) was photographed at Rochdale Interchange when it was operating route 587 (Halifax to Rochdale) on 21 January 2025. This Wright Eclipse 2 bodied Volvo B7RLE was new to Minsterley Motors, Stiperstones in March 2012 and was acquired by Rossendale Transport in December 2015, numbered 219 and painted in Rosso red and white livery. It passed to Transdev Blazefield with the Rossendale Transport business in January 2018 and was renumbered 1725. In June 2012 it was refurbished and repainted in two-tone yellow Transdev Rosso livery. It was last used at Rosso’s Rochdale depot in July 2022 and was subsequently repainted two-tone pink at Bus & Coach World, Blackburn and transferred to Team Pennine.
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In November 2024, a batch of Alexander Dennis Enviro 400EV electric double-decker buses began to enter service on Bee Network services operated by Stagecoach Manchester from Oldham depot. One of the batch, 80112 (SK74 BKD), was photographed at Rochdale Interchange on 21 January 2025.
At the end of 2024, Go North West started to take delivery on nineteen Wrightbus StreetDeck Electroliners for its Bee Network Tranche 1 services based at Bolton depot. One of the batch, 2115 (MF74 MUA) was photographed at Rochdale Interchange on 21 January 2025 when it was operating route 471 to Bolton.
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Wategrove, Rochdale
Rochdale
Wategrove, Rochdale