NGC 2775

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With more than 180 references in astronomical journals, NGC 2775 is of particular interest to astronomers for a variety of reasons. First NGC 2775 is a peculiar blend of spiral galaxy with a smooth bulge in the center. The spiral pattern starts very abruptly outside of this region showing a mind-boggling complexity (especially at higher resolutions). The star formation is confined to this ring of tightly wound arms. Indeed this galaxy has been host to 5 supernovae explosions in the past 30 years. While this picture seems to show a quiet and delicate swirl- keep on eye on this galaxy, you never know when another star will explode in this busy place some 60 million light years away. NGC 2775 is similiar in structure to galaxies such as NGC 2841 and NGC 488.

Equipment

20in RC Optical Systems telescope Operating at f/8.4
Paramount ME Robotic Telescope Mount
SBIG ST10XME CCD camera with color filter wheel

L R G B color production was used to create this image.

Luminance = 90 minutes binned 1x1
 Red = 20 minutes binned 2x2
 Green = 20 minutes binned 2x2
 Blue = 20 minutes binned 2x2
  • One iteration of L-R deconvolution (sharpening) algorithm using CCDsharp was applied to the luminance image.

  • Digital Development (DDP) via Maxim/DL was also used in order to display the the very dim and very bright details of the image simultaneously.

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    Minimum credit line: Jeff Newton/Adam Block/NOAO/AURA/NSF

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    Updated: 12/19/2003