NGC 5426/7

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These two spiral galaxies exchange material during their encounter. The sense of rotation between the two galaxies may affect their shape during this encounter. These galaxies are approximately 114 million light years away.

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 = 120 minutes binned 1x1
 Red = 20 minutes binned 2x2
Green = 20 minutes binned 2x2
 Blue = 20 minutes binned 2x2
  • Image taken under very poor seeing conditions.
  • 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: Larry and Judy Patterson/Adam Block/NOAO/AURA/NSF

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    Updated: 04/07/2003