Brief Description   A very noticeable galaxy in Local Group. Only naked eyes can see it clearly like a dimmed nebula. The galaxy has a length of 5 times of the Moon. Long exposed photographs show you a clear, bright nucleus and a dark lane crossing slantly.

Photography Condition
Date & Time... Oct 30 2016, from 21:07 to 21:43 JST(+0900)
   Composed 8shots with 5min. exposed
Optical... PENTAX 75EDHF with conversion lens (f=360mm, F4.8)
   with BaaderPlanetarium Moon&Skyglow filter
   Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Digital Camera... Nikon D810A
   (ISO3200, recorded in 14bit CCD-RAW format)
Location... Furudono town, Fukushima pref.