The Integral Sign Galaxy (UGC 3697)

Posted by dcrowson
on Tuesday, February 7, 2017

UGC 3697 (GB 1, the Integral Sign Galaxy and others) is an edge-on spiral with warped arms located approximately 151 million light-years away in Camelopardalis. Scientists believe the warping is the result of interaction with a dwarf galaxy.

UGC 3714 is the round spiral below and to the left (east) of UGC 3697. It is located approximately 140 million light-years away.

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

360 minutes total exposure – 6 hours

Imaged January 29th and 30th, 2017 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/32769673125/sizes/l

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