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Object: Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038/4039)- Constellation Corvus

Description: The Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038/4039) are a pair of interacting galaxies in the constellation of Corvus. They are located approximately 45 million light-years away. These two galaxies are known as the Antennae Galaxies because the two long tails of stars, gas and dust ejected from the galaxies as a result of the collision resemble an insect's antennae.

Distance: 45 Million light-years

Date Imaged: April 5 - 18, 2021

Date Image Processed: Jun 2021

Telescope: 16 inch Ritchey Chretian Telescope

Image Train: FLI PDF Focuser, Optec Pyxis Rotator

Focal Length: 3250 mm

Camera: SBIG STT 8300M, FW8G-STT, AO8 (Adaptive Optics device) Camera Sensor at -30 deg C

Resolution: 0.34 arcsec/pixel

Exposures: 24.7 hours total duration

40 Luminance - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

36 Red - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

36 Green - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

36 Blue - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

 

 

 

 

 

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