NGC 5383

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NGC 5383 and UGC 8877 (to the right) are around 100 million light years away. As a luminous barred spiral galaxy, NGC 5383 has been thoroughly studied by astronomers. Its orientation and brightness provide a good laboratory for learning about these kinds of galaxies. Note that the dust lane that starts at the top left of the galaxy comes down and across (in front of) the nucleus of NGC 5383. The starburst activity at the ends of the bar are also typical of this kind of galaxy.

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
  • Two iterations of L-R deconvolution (sharpening) algorithm using CCDsharp were 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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    Updated: 04/27/2004