Arp 314

Posted by dcrowson
on Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Arp 314 consists of MGC-01-58-010 (VV 295b and others), the odd spiral at the center, MGC-01-58-009 (VV 295a and others) just above and to the right (west) of MGC-01-58-010 and MGC-01-58-011 (VV 295c and others) below MGC-01-58-010. All are located approximately 170 million light-years away in Aquarius.

Luminance – 29x600s – 290 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2

410 minutes total exposure – 6 hours and 50 minutes

Imaged over four nights in July and September, 2016 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/33822854736/sizes/l

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