NCG 4216 (UGC 7284, PGC 39246 and many other designations) is the middle of the three galaxies at the left. This one is located approximately 49 million light-years away. The bright star at the bottom center of
This field in Virgo has many more galaxies. See the annotated version for the locations of approximately 200 as well as the supernova.
Luminance – 18x600s – 180 minutes – binned 1x1
300 minutes total exposure – 5 hours
Imaged on February 8th and March 9th, 2024 at the Whetstone Creek Conservation Area (Williamsburg, Missouri) with a SBIG ST-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT90EDT at
LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/ ... 1/sizes/l/
LRGB annotated - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/ ... 8/sizes/l/
A closer view of
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