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Arp 104 - Keenan's System
Keenan's System consists of NGC5216 and NGC5218 (top) - joined by a 22000 light year bridge of galactic material.
NGC5205 can also be seen below and to the right.
Imaged from the Astronomical Society of Edinburgh's remote telescope facility in Trevinca, Spain on 24th/25th of April 2025
Equipment:
TS-Optics 12" f/4 ONTC Carbon Tube Newtonian (f/4.5 with coma corrector), TS-Optics ToupTek MONO Camera 2600MP,
JTW mount.
Baader LRGB Filters
10 x 300 seconds images for each filter. Total 3 hours 20 minutes.
Stacks by the ASERO team.
Processed with GraXpert, Siril, Gimp and AstroSharp.
Arp 104 - Keenan's System
Keenan's System consists of NGC5216 and NGC5218 (top) - joined by a 22000 light year bridge of galactic material.
NGC5205 can also be seen below and to the right.
Imaged from the Astronomical Society of Edinburgh's remote telescope facility in Trevinca, Spain on 24th/25th of April 2025
Equipment:
TS-Optics 12" f/4 ONTC Carbon Tube Newtonian (f/4.5 with coma corrector), TS-Optics ToupTek MONO Camera 2600MP,
JTW mount.
Baader LRGB Filters
10 x 300 seconds images for each filter. Total 3 hours 20 minutes.
Stacks by the ASERO team.
Processed with GraXpert, Siril, Gimp and AstroSharp.