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Arp 335 From MN

Started by Chris1, 03/03/2017 11:43AM
Posted 03/03/2017 11:43AM Opening Post
A rare clear night in Minneapolis last night and no snow cover! So it was off to capture an Arp. Arp 335 was the target. Small target at only 2.7' x 2.1'. If you look close, there is a multitude of faint background galaxies in this image.

C11@f/11.3 (~3200mm) on a MI-250, ST8-XME, AO8. 12 x 10 min subs. CCDAP5 did all the driving.

Kinda fun capturing these unusually shaped, small galaxies.

Chris N
Cedar, MN

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Posted 03/03/2017 06:34PM #1
Very distorted galaxy, nice shot. grin

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Posted 03/25/2017 07:24PM #2
Nice capture. These ARP galaxies are very cool.. I'm just now reading a Halton Arp book about the relationship of unique galaxies with their companions and quasars. It seems that Arp does not accept the premiss that redshifts indicate distances and speeds of galaxies. Rather, he argues that redshifts are a product of age. Interesting reading nonetheless.

Scott Busby
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Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the earth.
- Ptolemy,c.150 AD