NGC 2566 (ESO 495-3 and others) is a barred spiral (type SBa) galaxy located approximately 73 million light-years away in Puppis.
IC 2311 (ESO 495-2 and others) is the elliptical galaxy above NGC 2566. It is approximately 84 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 4th and 8th, 2016 and January 6th, 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/32107424463/sizes/l