Well the clouds cleared today in Minneapolis and we had a sunny day with a high of 26 deg. No heavy coats just sweatshirts! Anyway, continuing my theme of imaging the uncommon is Arp 6 (NGC 2357) also known as the Bear Paw Galaxy. Very unusual "shape" (if you can call it that) for a galaxy. Might try and add some color to this later as the guide star is fairly bright.
The galaxy to left is NGC 2357a (The Sky 6 doesn't show this galaxy)
Arp galaxies are fun to image because they are so unusual. Down side is most of them are pretty small. This one is only 1.7' x 1.5'.
13x600 subs, 2x2 binning, AO-8, ST-8XME, C11 @ f/11.5, MI-250, CCDStack v2
Chris N
Cedar, MN
The galaxy to left is NGC 2357a (The Sky 6 doesn't show this galaxy)
Arp galaxies are fun to image because they are so unusual. Down side is most of them are pretty small. This one is only 1.7' x 1.5'.
13x600 subs, 2x2 binning, AO-8, ST-8XME, C11 @ f/11.5, MI-250, CCDStack v2
Chris N
Cedar, MN
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