Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Volans (Vol)  ·  Contains:  HD62403  ·  NGC 2442
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Cobra and Mouse (NGC 2442, NGC 2443), galactic_surfer
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Cobra and Mouse (NGC 2442, NGC 2443)

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Cobra and Mouse (NGC 2442, NGC 2443), galactic_surfer
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Cobra and Mouse (NGC 2442, NGC 2443)

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South of the celestial equator in the constellation Volans is this beautiful intermediate spiral galaxy. NGC 2442 is the upper spiral structure, and NGC 2443 is the lower horizontal spiral arm. The elliptical galaxy to the lower right is NGC 2434.

RGB data (19 Dec 2022 - 24 Dec 2022) courtesy of telescope.live. If you'd like a 20% discount on a subscription, send me a private message.

Calibrated and processed in PixInsight, including application of BlurXTerminator, and splitting combined RGB image into star-less and stars-only images for additional processing.

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Cobra and Mouse (NGC 2442, NGC 2443), galactic_surfer