NGC 3521
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Catalog |
Obj Type |
Location |
Date Taken: |
Gilbert |
NGC 3521 |
Galaxy |
CTIO, Chile |
03-20-2007 |
Description |
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A processing of a set of LRGB frames taken during seeing of 0.4" to 0.9 " at CTIO. Located on the celestial equator in the "head" of Leo - The Lion - this impressive galaxy is both large and bright and could have been easily seen by Messier. It has a very bright, almost starlike core from which material appears to be ejected perpendicularly to the galaxy plane into a prominent halo. NGC 3521 lies 30 million light years distant. This field of view is 10 x10 arcminutes. |
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Technical Details |
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Exposure Time: |
LRGB (3 hours of Lum, and 2.5 hours for each color all 15 minute subexposures) | |||
Camera: |
Apogee Alta U47 | |||
Telescope: |
RCOS Carbon Truss 16 inch f/11.3 Ritchey-Chretien | |||
Mount: |
Software Bisque Paramount ME | |||
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