NGC 5585

Posted by dcrowson
on Saturday, April 21, 2018

NGC 5585 (UGC 9179 and many others) is a somewhat distorted spiral galaxy located approximately 28 million light-years away in Ursa Major.

Luminance – 24x600s – 240 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 12:11:12x300s – 60:55:60 minutes each – binned 2x2

415 minutes total exposure – 6 hours 55 minutes

Imaged March 20th and April 6th, 10th and 17th, 2018 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/27737664588/sizes/l

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