Arp 306

[dcrowson]

Arp 306 is part of Arp’s Double Galaxies class:

UGC 1102 (PGC 5744, VV 173/a and others) is the galaxy at the center of the image. This one is located approximately 87 million light-years away in Pisces.

UGC 1105 (PGC 5759, VV 174 and others) is the other half of Arp 306 located above and to the left (east) of UGC 1102. This one is also located approximately 87 million light-years away.

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

360 minutes total exposure – 6 hours

Imaged December 14th, 15th and 16th, 2023 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/ ... 9/sizes/l/



Dan