Barred spiral NGC 3198

Posted by dcrowson
on Saturday, January 7, 2017

NGC 3198 is a barred spiral galaxy located approximately 31 million light-years away in Ursa Major.

Luminance – 24x600s – 240 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 10x300s – 50 minutes each – binned 2x2

390 minutes total exposure – 6 hours 30 minutes

Imaged over four nights November, December, 2016 and January, 2017 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/32052903911/sizes/l

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