NGC 2903 in Leo

Posted by aimatsky
on Saturday, May 21, 2016

This is a barred Spiral Galaxy in Leo at a distance of 30 million light years. Imaged on March 12 thru 14, 2016 in Southern Arizona. Image consists of 16 Luminance, 11 Red, 12 Green and 12 Blue at 10 minutes each exposure. Camera was a QSI 683ws with a 5 position filter wheel with scope and camera at F7 on an 11" Celestron EdgeHd scope. An AP900 mount was autoguided with a Baader Vario F4.1 guide scope and a SBIG ST-I monochrome camera.

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