NGC 5247

Posted by dcrowson
on Monday, February 28, 2022
NGC 5247 (UGCA 368, PGC 48171, ESO 577-14 and others) is a spiral approximately 72 million light-years away in Virgo.

Luminance – 12x600s – 120 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 10x300s – 50 minutes each – binned 2x2

270 minutes total exposure – 4 hours 30 minutes

Imaged on January 17th, 2021 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) and February 27th, 2022 from the Danville Conservation Area (New Florence, Missouri) with a SBIG ST-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT90EDT at f/6.7 603mm.

LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/51910801564/sizes/l/
LRGB crop – https://www.crowson.com/Images/CloudyNights/NGC%205247%20-%20CN%20-%20LRGB.jpg
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