Rick-Stevenson
Hickson Compact Group 68 - a wonderful collection of galaxies
Hickson Compact Group 68 is like a little box of assorted galactic chocolates. There's a lenticular galaxy, an elliptical, a couple of S0's and a pretty barred spiral Seyfert galaxy. My favorite in this field is the "little" spiral galaxy, UGC8841, at the top left.
Captured at SRO, in California 8-24 June, 2015
Objects in image include:
NGC5350, NGC5353, NGC5354, NGC5355, NGC5358, PGC49480/UGC8841
Scope: Ceravolo C300 @ f/9 = 2720mm FL
Mount: AP1100
Camera: FLI PL16803
Filters: Astrodon Gen II
Guiding: Lodestar II / Tak guide scope
Image scale: 0.68 arcsec/pixel
Exposures: 22x600s R, 22x600s G, 18x600s B, 29x600s L (~15 hours)
Processing: PixInsight 1.8
Acquisition credit: John Kasianowicz, Daniele Malleo, Leonardo Orazi, Rob Pfile, Rick Stevenson and Jerry Yesavage.
Processing credit: Rick Stevenson
Hickson Compact Group 68 - a wonderful collection of galaxies
Hickson Compact Group 68 is like a little box of assorted galactic chocolates. There's a lenticular galaxy, an elliptical, a couple of S0's and a pretty barred spiral Seyfert galaxy. My favorite in this field is the "little" spiral galaxy, UGC8841, at the top left.
Captured at SRO, in California 8-24 June, 2015
Objects in image include:
NGC5350, NGC5353, NGC5354, NGC5355, NGC5358, PGC49480/UGC8841
Scope: Ceravolo C300 @ f/9 = 2720mm FL
Mount: AP1100
Camera: FLI PL16803
Filters: Astrodon Gen II
Guiding: Lodestar II / Tak guide scope
Image scale: 0.68 arcsec/pixel
Exposures: 22x600s R, 22x600s G, 18x600s B, 29x600s L (~15 hours)
Processing: PixInsight 1.8
Acquisition credit: John Kasianowicz, Daniele Malleo, Leonardo Orazi, Rob Pfile, Rick Stevenson and Jerry Yesavage.
Processing credit: Rick Stevenson