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NGC 5907

NGC 5907, also known at the Knife Edge or Splinter galaxy, is a spiral galaxy located approximately 50 million light years from Earth.

A very faint tidal stream of stars is visible around the galaxy, especially on the top side.

At full resolution, many hundreds of other galaxies are visible.

I'll post close up crops, as some of those are really interesting!

 

 

L: 19 x 1200s +32 x 1800s

R,G,B: 16 x 1200s

Total exposure time: 38 hours

 

Imaged from Sierra Remote Observatories with a shared setup:

 

Scope: Ceravolo 300 f/9 (FL: 2700mm)

Camera: FLI PL16803

Mount: AP 1100AE

*Data Acquisition Credit: John Kasianowicz, Daniele Malleo, Leonardo Orazi, Rob Pfile, Rick Stevenson, Jerome Yesavage

*Image processing: Daniele Malleo

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Uploaded on August 4, 2015