Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Corvus (Crv)  ·  Contains:  Antennae Galaxies  ·  NGC 4038  ·  NGC 4039
Galaxies NGC 4038 and 4039, Nicholas Jones
Galaxies NGC 4038 and 4039
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Galaxies NGC 4038 and 4039

Galaxies NGC 4038 and 4039, Nicholas Jones
Galaxies NGC 4038 and 4039
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Galaxies NGC 4038 and 4039

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Description

You're actually looking at two galaxies that have collided and are not doing a very good job of social distancing. The bottom lobe is NGC 4038 and the top one is NGC 4039.

System details

Telescope: AG Optical Systems 0.3 meter iDK,

Focal length 2121 mm

Camera: mono FLI ML16200 with a Loadstar X2 on an Astrodon MOAG off-axis guider.

Adaptive Optics: SXV-AO-LF

Observatory: Scopedome

Acquisition software: Voyager

Plate size: 44' x 35' but cropped by about 10%

Lum 72 x 4 minutes

Red 36 x 4 minutes

Green 39 x 4 minutes

Blue 44 x 4 minutes

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Galaxies NGC 4038 and 4039, Nicholas Jones