Arp 298

Posted by dcrowson
on Friday, November 29, 2019
Arp 298 consists of NGC 7469 (UGC 12332, VV 1962 and many others), the odd Seyfert 1 galaxy at the center and IC 5283 (PGC 70350 and others), the distorted spiral with a plume above it. These are located approximately 225 million light-years away in Pegasus.

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

360 minutes total exposure – 6 hours

Imaged October 25th, 26th, 30th and November 16th and 17th, 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/49143999566/sizes/l/
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