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Fossils from the formation of NGC 5907 (Work in Progress), KuriousGeorge

Fossils from the formation of NGC 5907 (Work in Progress)

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Fossils from the formation of NGC 5907 (Work in Progress), KuriousGeorge

Fossils from the formation of NGC 5907 (Work in Progress)

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I was always curious about the stellar tidal stream found around NGC 5907. Apparently only a few images exist of this extremely faint galactic fossil and I was starting to wonder if it was even possible to see in my current 21.4 sky. This is a work in progress as I need much more data. More detail here...

https://arxiv.org/abs/0805.1137

The spurious light at the upper left is the deflection of an out-of-frame bright star, likely off the edge of the CCD chip.

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Fossils from the formation of NGC 5907 (Work in Progress), KuriousGeorge