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✨ Cosmic Beauty: NGC 3718 & Hickson 56 ✨
With my setup – Askar APO185, QHY268m & EQ8-R – I captured the fascinating galaxy NGC 3718 along with the compact galaxy group Hickson 56.
🔭 NGC 3718 is a barred spiral galaxy with a uniquely distorted dust lane stretching across its core. It belongs to the category of polar ring galaxies and lies approximately 47 million light-years away in the Ursa Major constellation.
🌌 Close by is Hickson 56, a compact group of five interacting galaxies. This group is about seven times farther away than NGC 3718 and is a stunning example of gravitational interactions in the universe.
This image not only highlights these remarkable objects but also showcases numerous distant galaxies in the background—a true window into the depths of space!
#Astrophotography #NGC3718 #Hickson56 #DeepSky #Astronomy #Telescope #Galaxies #SpaceLover
#Astrophotography #M81 #M82 #Galaxies #Astronomy #DeepSky #SpacePhotography #CosmicWonder #GalaxyLover #NightSkyLovers #AstronomyAddict #StarryNight #DeepSpace #CelestialViews #UniverseExplorer
NGC3718.jpg
✨ Cosmic Beauty: NGC 3718 & Hickson 56 ✨
With my setup – Askar APO185, QHY268m & EQ8-R – I captured the fascinating galaxy NGC 3718 along with the compact galaxy group Hickson 56.
🔭 NGC 3718 is a barred spiral galaxy with a uniquely distorted dust lane stretching across its core. It belongs to the category of polar ring galaxies and lies approximately 47 million light-years away in the Ursa Major constellation.
🌌 Close by is Hickson 56, a compact group of five interacting galaxies. This group is about seven times farther away than NGC 3718 and is a stunning example of gravitational interactions in the universe.
This image not only highlights these remarkable objects but also showcases numerous distant galaxies in the background—a true window into the depths of space!
#Astrophotography #NGC3718 #Hickson56 #DeepSky #Astronomy #Telescope #Galaxies #SpaceLover
#Astrophotography #M81 #M82 #Galaxies #Astronomy #DeepSky #SpacePhotography #CosmicWonder #GalaxyLover #NightSkyLovers #AstronomyAddict #StarryNight #DeepSpace #CelestialViews #UniverseExplorer