Arp 32

Posted by dcrowson
on Sunday, December 30, 2018

Arp 32 (UGC 10770, PGC 59862, VV89 and others) appears to be a pair of galaxies in Arp’s ‘Spiral Galaxies – Integral Sign’ class. The top galaxy is VV 89b (PGC 59864 and others). The bottom is VV 89a (PGC 59804 and others). These are located approximately 65 million light-years away in Draco.

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

360 minutes total exposure – 6 hours

Imaged July 6th and 8th and October 4th, 5th, 9th and 10th, 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/45619234145/sizes/l

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