Spiral galaxies NGC 2805 + NGC 2820

Posted by dcrowson
on Sunday, February 11, 2018

NGC 2805 (PGC 26410, UGC 4936 and others) is the large spiral dominating this field located approximately 92 million light-years away in Ursa Major.

NGC 2820 (PGC 26498, UGC 4961 and others) is the somewhat edge on at the top left. It is interacting with IC 2458 (NCGC 2820A, PGC 26485 and others).

NGC 2814 (PGC 26469, UGC 4952 and others) is the galaxy to the right (west) of NGC 2802/IC 2458.

These four galaxies make up the Holmberg 124 group.

Luminance – 24x600s – 240 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8:8:12x300s – 40:40:60 minutes each – binned 2x2

380 minutes total exposure – 6 hours 20 minutes

Imaged January 22nd and February 5th and 6th, 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/28431178719/sizes/l

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