Hickson 10

Posted by dcrowson
on Sunday, September 26, 2021
NGC 536 (UGC 1013, PGC 5344, HCG 10a and others) is the AGN spiral at the center of the image. It is located approximately 210.6 million light-years away in Andromeda.

NGC 531 (UGC 1012, PGC 5340, HCG 10c and others) is the odd spiral above NGC 536 located at a similar distance.

NGC 529 (UGC 995, PGC 5299, HCG 10b and others) is the E/S0 (lenticular / intermediate spiral) to the right (west) of NGC 536. It located approximately 171 million light-years away.

NGC 542 (PGC 5360, HCG 10d and others) is the somewhat edge-on spiral below NGC 536.

Collectively, these make up Hickson Compact Group 10 (HCG 10).

The bright star near the bottom center (HD 8673) has a confirmed exoplanet – HD 8673b - http://exoplanet.eu/catalog/hd_8673_a_b/.

Luminance – 24x600s – 240 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 12:9:10x300s – 60:45:50 minutes each – binned 2x2

395 minutes total exposure – 6 hours 35 minutes

Imaged October 18th and November 10th and 11th, 2020 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/51521243615/sizes/l/
Tags: HCG 10
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