Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  NGC 3953
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NGC 3893/96, Tom Harrison
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NGC3893/3896 is an M51-type interacting galaxy pair seen in the direction of the Constellation Ursa Major around 50 Million Light-Years distant. NGC3893 is a spiral galaxy, type Sc and NGC3896 appears to be a lenticular galaxy. There is a bridge of gas, dust and stars faintly seen between the two The pair has been studied for dark matter interaction and rotation characteristics between the two.

Object: NGC3893/96

Distance: 50 Million Light-Years

Magnitude: 11.6

Date: April 2011

Place: Fort Davis, TX

Exposure Details: LRGB:480:150:180:270 unbinned

Processing: MaxIm DL, CCDInspector, CCDStack,

Photoshop CS3

Optics: 12.5" RCOS Truss

Focal Length: 2808mm @ f9

Mount: Paramount ME Robotic

Camera: SBIG STL6303E

Focuser: RCOS

Guiding: Off-Axis with SBIG Guide Camera

Filters: Tru-Balance LRGB Gen II

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NGC 3893/96, Tom Harrison