Arp 215

Posted by dcrowson
on Saturday, April 22, 2017

Arp 215 (NGC 2782, UGC 4862, VV 1268 and others) is a Seyfert (I see references to a type 1 and 2) spiral located approximately 126 million light-years away in Lynx. It is suspected that the current form was the result of a galaxy merger in the past. Arp lists it in his category galaxies with adjacent loops.

The galaxy at the bottom left is UGC 4872.

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

360 minutes total exposure – 6 hours

Imaged February 15th, 16th and 20th, 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/33360965804/sizes/l

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