NGC 3486

Posted by dcrowson
on Friday, January 12, 2018

NGC 3486 (UGC 6079, PGC 33166 and others) is a Seyfert 2 barred spiral located approximately 27.4 million light-years away in Leo Minor.

MCG+05-26-034 (PGC 33184, VV 515 and others) is the odd, irregular galaxy near the top left.

This image seems fairly deep. There’s a bright magnitude 21.05 (B) quasar below and to the left (east) of MCG+05-26-034.

Luminance – 24x600s – 240 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 12x300s – 60 minutes each – binned 2x2

420 minutes total exposure – 7 hours

Imaged December 28th, 29th and 30th, 2017 and January 11th, 2018 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/39654873621/sizes/l

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