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NGC 3109
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 7:47 pm
by dcrowson
NGC 3901 (MCG-04-24-013, PGC 29128, ESO 499-36 and others) is designated as a barred Magellanic (irregular) galaxy located approximately 4.3 million light-years away in Hydra.
Luminance – 4x600s – 40 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 4:14:10x600s – 40:140:100 minutes each – binned 1x1
320 minutes total exposure – 5 hours 20 minutes
Imaged April 6th and 29th and May 4th, 2021 at the El Sauce Observatory (Rio Hurtado, Chile) with a FLI PL 9000 on a PlaneWave CDK24 at
f/6.5 3974 mm.
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Dan
Re: NGC 3901
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 8:53 pm
by Ylem
Nice Dan!
Re: NGC 3901
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 11:34 pm
by sdbodin
Nicely resolved, didn't know this one was that close to us.
Steve
Re: NGC 3901
Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 2:28 am
by dcrowson
Sorry, this one is actually NGC 3109. All the other details are correct.
Re: NGC 3109
Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 7:49 am
by Graeme1858
Nice side on galaxy image Dan.
I edited the title!
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Graeme