Arp 104 - Keenan's System

Posted by dcrowson
on Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Arp 104 (Keenan’s System, VV 33 and others) consists of NGC 5216 (UGC 8528, VV 33a and others) at the center of the image and NGC 5218 (UGC 8529, VV 33b and others) above it. Classified as ‘E and E-like Galaxies – Connected to Spirals,’ these galaxies are located approximately 135.6 million light-years away in Ursa Major.

Luminance – 45x600s – 450 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2

670 minutes total exposure – 11 hours 10 minutes

Imaged over six nights in February and March, 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/40029936855/sizes/l

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