New Image: NGC 3109

[dcrowson]

NGC 3109 (UGCA 194, PGC 29128, ESO 499-36 and others) is a magellanic irregular spiral galaxy located approximately 4.3 million light-years away in Hydra.

Luminance – 12x600s – 120 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2

240 minutes total exposure – 4 hours

Imaged on March 9th and 11th, 2024 at the Whetstone Creek Conservation Area (Williamsburg, Missouri) with a SBIG ST-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT90EDT at f/6.7 603mm.

LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/ ... 2/sizes/l/



Dan

[StarHugger]

Another nice catch Dan!

[Ylem]

Very nice Dan!