NGC 3521 in Leo
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Catalog |
Obj Type |
Location |
Date Taken: |
Mazlin |
NGC 3521 |
Galaxy |
CTIO, Chile |
06-20-2014 |
Description |
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Steve Mazlin imaged this difficult object with 88 hours of image data. 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 about 14x21 arcminutes. |
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Technical Details |
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Exposure Time: |
LRGB with 88 total hours of data | |||
Camera: |
Apogee U9 | |||
Telescope: |
RCOS Carbon Truss 16 inch f/11.3 Ritchey-Chretien | |||
Mount: |
Planewave 200HR | |||
© 2024 Mazlin Used with permission, No reproduction of these images are permitted without written approval from Mazlin. |
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