NGC 210

Posted by Jaicoa2
on Friday, November 20, 2009

by Efrain Morales Rivera

 

Date: 11/19/09 01:37ut

Location: Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

Equipment: LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, CGE mount, ST2000XM, AO8, CFW9, Astronomik LRGB filter set.

Lum=3.5hrs, RGB=33min.

This very faint 10.9 mag spiral galaxy in Cetus has a very bright core but with very faint tidal arms. In this frame up close to a dozen galaxies are in this area alone (mag 14-17 ) and another dozen just around it.<!-- google_ad_section_end --><!-- / message --><!-- attachments -->

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