NGC 5068 + NGC 5084

Posted by dcrowson
on Friday, February 17, 2017

NGC 5068 (ESO 576-29 and others) is a face-on barred spiral located approximately 22 million light-years away in Virgo

NGC 5084 (ESO 576-33 and others) is an edge-on spiral galaxy located approximately 80 million light- years away in Virgo.

Luminance – 18x600s – 180 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2

300 minutes total exposure – 5 hours

Imaged January 27th, 28th and 29th, 2017 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG ST-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT90DT at f/6.7 603mm.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/32803802372/sizes/l

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