NGC 5297
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Dan Crowson
NGC 5297 (UGC 8709 and others) is a large spiral interacting with NGC 5269 (PGC 48811 and others), a smaller spiral below and to the right (west). These galaxies are located approximately 100 million light-years away (https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/661920/pdf) in Canes Venatici.
Luminance – 24x600s – 240 minutes – binned 1x1 RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2
360 minutes total exposure – 6 hours
Imaged April 20th and 22nd, 2020 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at f/8 2432mm.
LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/49880754417/sizes/l/
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I see wispy wings on that Galaxy
From: DarkSkyNewMexico@groups.io <DarkSkyNewMexico@groups.io> On Behalf Of Dan Crowson
Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2020 6:09 PM To: 'Dan Crowson' <dcrowson@...> Subject: [DarkSkyNewMexico] NGC 5297
NGC 5297 (UGC 8709 and others) is a large spiral interacting with NGC 5269 (PGC 48811 and others), a smaller spiral below and to the right (west). These galaxies are located approximately 100 million light-years away (https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/661920/pdf) in Canes Venatici.
Luminance – 24x600s – 240 minutes – binned 1x1 RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2
360 minutes total exposure – 6 hours
Imaged April 20th and 22nd, 2020 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at f/8 2432mm.
LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/49880754417/sizes/l/
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Dan Crowson
Neat stuff. I’m pretty sure this is one that I saw in a recent wider Gregg Ruppel image.
Dan
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From: DarkSkyNewMexico@groups.io [mailto:DarkSkyNewMexico@groups.io] On Behalf Of Brian Ottum
Sent: Monday, May 11, 2020 9:46 AM To: DarkSkyNewMexico@groups.io Subject: Re: [DarkSkyNewMexico] NGC 5297
I see wispy wings on that Galaxy
From: DarkSkyNewMexico@groups.io <DarkSkyNewMexico@groups.io> On Behalf Of Dan Crowson
NGC 5297 (UGC 8709 and others) is a large spiral interacting with NGC 5269 (PGC 48811 and others), a smaller spiral below and to the right (west). These galaxies are located approximately 100 million light-years away (https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/661920/pdf) in Canes Venatici.
Luminance – 24x600s – 240 minutes – binned 1x1 RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2
360 minutes total exposure – 6 hours
Imaged April 20th and 22nd, 2020 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at f/8 2432mm.
LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/49880754417/sizes/l/
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