NGC4236

NGC 4236

Also known as Caldwell 3, this barred spiral galaxy is in the constellation of Draco. It is approximately 11.7 million light years away( A light year is 5.9 trillion miles)

 

Swapped my cameras around while it has been cloudy. This was taken with the QHY23M CCD camera on the 11" Hyperstar and the QHY163M CMOS camera on the Orion ED102T. Both are mounted on an Orion HDX-110.

 

The teal markings on the annotated version are all galaxies.

 

Tech stuff-

Center (RA, Dec): (184.205, 69.470)

Center (RA, hms): 12h 16m 49.289s

Center (Dec, dms): +69° 28' 10.969"

Size: 61 x 46.5 arcmin

Radius: 0.639 deg

Pixel scale: 1.36 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: Up is 85.8 degrees E of N

 

QHY23/HS-

Optolong Lum Filter- 65x2 minutes unguided

 

QHY163/ED102-

RGB- 15x2 minutes each unguided

3h 40min

Done