Arp 91

Posted by dcrowson
on Sunday, June 30, 2019
Arp 91 consists of NGC 5954 (UGC 9904, VV 244b and others), the up and down spiral interacting with NGC 5953 (UGC 9903, VV 244/a and others) the distorted spiral to the right (west) of it. These are part of the ‘Spiral Galaxies – Companions on Arms – Large, High Surface Brightness Companions’ class. The newest study puts these at approximately 52 million light-years away in Serpens Caput. Older redshift distance estimates are nearly double.

NGC 5951 (UGC 9895 and others) is the nice galaxy at the bottom right.

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

360 minutes total exposure – 6 hours

Imaged May 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th, 2019 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/48164633712/sizes/l
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