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NGC 3239 |
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The large galaxy near the top of the picture is NGC 3239. This galaxy is part of the Arp catalogue of disturbed galaxies (Arp 263). There are a handful of 15th magnitude galaxies in the image as well as countless others in the background. |
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Last Updated: 13-Mar-2014 |
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Equipment Meade 16in LX200 telescope operating at f/6.3 SBIG ST8E CCD camera with color filter wheel LRGB color production was used to create this image. Two iterations of L-R deconvolution (sharpening) algorithm using CCDsharp were applied to the luminance image. Luminance = 60 minutes binned 1x1 Red = 20 minutes binned 2x2 Green = 20 minutes binned 2x2 Blue = 40 minutes binned 2x2 Minimum credit line: Jerry Zabielski/Adam Block/NOAO/AURA/NSF
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