NGC 5350 and companions

The attractive barred spiral galaxy in the upper part of this image is NGC 5350. The orange star to its right is 6.5 magnitude. The two inter-acting galaxies lower middle are NGC 5354 top and NGC 5353 bottom. The smudge to the middle left is NGC 5355. There are around ten fainter galaxies also in this image.

 

Luminance = 14x8minutes

Red = 6x2 minutes

Green = 6x2minutes

Blue = 6x2minutes

 

Peter

 

Equipment:

Atik 460EX mono CCD, LRGB filters, 14inch f/10 LX200 OTA, EQ8 mount, off-axis guiding with Lodestar X2.

Done