NGC 2507

[dcrowson]

NGC 2507 (UGC 4172, PGC 22510 and others) is an odd, lenticular galaxy located approximately 213 million light-years away in Cancer.

Luminance – 24x600s – 240 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2

360 minutes total exposure – 6 hours

Imaged February 25th and 26th and March 21st, 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.

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Dan

[jthommes]

Nice shot Dan. Interesting, it looks like has spiral features.