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#1 Dan Crowson

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Posted 21 April 2025 - 06:06 PM

NGC 6120 (UGC 10343, PGC 57842 and others) is the odd galaxy at the center of the image located approximately 440 million light-years away in Corona Borealis. Simbad thinks it is possibly a spiral, elliptical and/or irregular. Other sources (and better images) tend to make it look like a spiral.

NGC 6119 (PGC 57837 and others) is the spiral above NGC 6120.

NGC 6122 (PGC 57858 and others) is the edge on spiral to the left (west) of NGC 6120.

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

360 minutes total exposure – 6 hours

Imaged March 30th and April 6th, 7th, 18th, 19th and 20th, 2025 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.c...7452333/sizes/l

 

See the link above for the full field of view.

 

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Posted 21 April 2025 - 06:44 PM


NGC 6120 (UGC 10343, PGC 57842 and others) is the odd galaxy at the center of the image located approximately 440 million light-years away in Corona Borealis. Simbad thinks it is possibly a spiral, elliptical and/or irregular. Other sources (and better images) tend to make it look like a spiral.

NGC 6119 (PGC 57837 and others) is the spiral above NGC 6120.

NGC 6122 (PGC 57858 and others) is the edge on spiral to the left (west) of NGC 6120.

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

360 minutes total exposure – 6 hours

Imaged March 30th and April 6th, 7th, 18th, 19th and 20th, 2025 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.c...7452333/sizes/l

 

See the link above for the full field of view.

 

 

Dan

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Well done!


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Posted 21 April 2025 - 06:53 PM

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