Arp 188

[dcrowson]

Arp 188 (UGC 10214, VV 29 and others) is an odd galaxy merger with a plume found in Draco. This one is part of Arp’s ‘Narrow Filaments’ class.

Luminance – 36x600s – 360 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB –8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2

480 minutes total exposure – 8 hours

Imaged June 2nd, 5th and 6th, 2022 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.

LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/ ... 8/sizes/l/



Dan

[Unitron48]

Great capture! Certainly looks like a Tadpole!!!

Dave

[Makuser]

Hi Dan. A nice crisp Arp 188 (Tadpole Galaxy) image with the Astro-Tech AT12RCT telescope. Nice contrast and sharp details in your capture on the enlarged flickr site. Thanks for sharing this wonderful with us Dan, and keep up the great work.

[Jockinireland]

Nice image - indeed a little space tadpole. cool.

[Johnny Carter]

Very clear image, and very interesting subject, well done.