NGC 5907 is another yet another galaxy discovered by William Herschel, on May 5, 1788, although it seems he may not have seen the entire galaxy. In 1850 George Stoney definitely identified the other half, this is why the galaxy carries the dual NGC 5906/5907 designation.
Not seen in my image, the galaxy has a tidal stream surrounding it. It can be seen here. The galaxy is an edge on spiral galaxy with a noticeable warp. It is theorized that the tidal stream and warp are remnants of a dwarf galaxy absorbed long ago by NGC 5907.
This image was captured on the night of 27/28 April 2026, under an 87% illuminated moon. The reason I decided to go for it despite the moon, was that earlier in the week a supernova had been detected. Yasuo Sano is credited with discovery on 22 April 2026.
NGC 4712
For processing this image was drizzled at 1x, and then I used a workflow consisting of Graxpert, Blur-X, Noise-X, and Star-X. On the starless image I stuck almost exclusively with the multi-scale tools, adaptive stretch and median transformation. A touch of curves, and then I added the stars back in. This is a relatively recent change to my workflow, but overall it’s quicker and I think ultimately yields better results.
Technical Card
Mount: Celestron AVX
Camera(s): ZWO ASI 2600mc pro, ZWO ASI 220 mini guide camera on an OAG
OTA: Celestron C8 SCT with 6.3 reducer
Filters: None
Exposure: 142 Lights @ 180 seconds
Annotated image:
There are a few smaller galaxies in the background, but for this image the three NGC objects were the main event.
Sweetman Astrophotography 
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