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Cluster of Galaxies Abell 2151
M31 The Great Andromeda Galaxy
M31, M32 and M110 Trio of Galaxies (Two Panel Mosaic)
M31 and your Hydrogen Clouds (Reprocessing)
M31 Andromeda Galaxy 2018
M33 The Triangulum Galaxy LRGB (2019)
M33 The Triangulum Galaxy
M33 The Triangle Galaxy 2014
M51 An example of Galactic Cannibalism (Image of the day in Astrobin 03/21/2018)
M51 The Swirl Galaxy 2016
M63 Sunflower Galaxy
M63 The Sunflower Galaxy 2016-2017
M63 Sunflower Galaxy Jim Misty data (Image of the day in Astrobin 06/19/2015)
M63 The Sunflower Galaxy 2015
M64 Black Eye Galaxy
Galaxy triplet in Leo
M65, M66 and NGC 3628 Trio in Leo
M81 and 82 galaxies surrounded by IFN
M81 and M82 mosaic
M81 Bode Galaxy 2017
NGC 3718, NGC 3729 and Hickson 56 Group
NGC3718 and NGC3729 are two beautiful galaxies that are located in the Ursa Major constellation. The peculiar S-shape of NGC3718's arms is thought to be due to gravitational interaction with its smaller companion, NGC3729. Both galaxies are classified as barred spiral galaxies, but as you can see in the image, their appearance does not correspond to the designation. One of the striking features of NGC3718 is the twisted dust lane that crosses the galaxy's core.
Another interesting object is seen in this image just above NGC3718. This is a smaller interactive group of 5 galaxies called the Hickson 56 group. This group is much, much further away from us and is about 7 times farther away than the galaxies NGC3718 and NGC3729, which are approximately 52 million light-years away.
This field harbors even smaller and fainter galaxies. I have lost count of how many of them are seen in this image. There are literally dozens of galaxies.
Image Processed in Pixinsight.
Data acquired by Jim and Linda Powell, from Deep Sky West, between February 20 and March 6, 2022.
Equipment:
TEC 180FL Telescope SBIG STXL-16200 Camera
Paramount ME II mount
Astrodon LRGB Tru-Balance E-Series Gen 2 50mm Filter Set.
Accessories:
Starizona Microtouch Autofocuser, Feathertouch Motorized Focuser, SBIG filter wheel STXL-FW8G, Drew buster controller.
Data:
Luminance: 90x300" -20C bin 1x1
Luminance: 63x600" -20C bin 1x1
Blue: 24x600" -20C bin 1x1
Green: 24x600" -20C bin 1x1
Red: 24x600" -20C bin 1x1
Total integration time: 30.0 hours.
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