Arp 202

Posted by dcrowson
on Thursday, February 24, 2022
Arp 202 consists of NGC 2719 (UGC 4718, PGC 25281 and others) the long galaxy above MCG+06-20-018 (NGC 2719A, PGC 25284 and others), the irregular galaxy below it. Part of Arp’s “Galaxies not classifiable as E or S – Material ejected from nuclei” class, these are located approximately 166 million light-years away in
Lynx.

NGC 2724 (UGC 4726, PGC 25331 and others) is the low-surface-brightness spiral to the left of center. I’m surprised it didn’t end up on Arp’s list.

Luminance – 25x600s – 250 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2

370 minutes total exposure – 6 hours 10 minutes

Imaged December 18th, 19th and 20th, 2020 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/51901946673/sizes/l/
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