"Spiral Galaxy NGC 2967 (mag 11.6) Sextan's"
Imaging galaxies is possible from less than perfect skies. All you need is a little patience and a Orion SkyGlow imaging filter :) It also helps when the galaxies are of the small elliptical kind. I had the idea of trawling Sextan's for galaxies after reading an article on Sextan galaxies in Astronomy Magazine's Stars and Galaxies. Most of them are dim'ish but due to their high surface brightness, they were easier to bag.
"NGC 2974 (mag 11), in case you were wondering, the galaxy is on the top left hand corner next to a bright star, Sextan's"
Anyway enjoy these till I get out to dark skies again and try for the fainter ones in the Virgo-Coma region! Exposures are 8x30sec using the Meade DSI II OSC, Celestron Travelscope 70 OTA and Celestron NexStar GOTO mount.
"Spiral Galaxies NGC 3166 and 3169 (mag 10.3), Sextan's"
"Spiral galaxy NGC 3423 (Mag 11.6) Sextan's"
and a special bonus, Leo ellipticals:
"Ellipticals NGC 3607 (mag 10.8) , 3608 (mag 10.8) , with two other smaller galaxies 3605 and 3599"
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