NGC 2859

Posted by dcrowson
on Tuesday, February 28, 2017

NGC 2859 (UGC 5001 and others) is a barred lenticular (ring) galaxy located approximately 83 million light-years away in Leo Minor.

Luminance – 24x600s – 240 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 12x300s – 60 minutes each – binned 2x2

420 minutes total exposure – 7 hours

Imaged February 21st and 24th, 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/33175618125/sizes/l

My observatory partner Gregg Ruppel took this wide field image recently that includes this galaxy - http://www.greggsastronomy.com/IMAGES/abell779_LRGB.jpg.

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