Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo Minor (LMi)  ·  Contains:  NGC 3486
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NGC3486, Bob Birket
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NGC3486

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NGC3486

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Beautiful barred spiral galaxy NGC 3486 has been on my spring galaxy list for some time now.  I had the opportunity from April 4th through April 14th to capture over just under 20 total hours, in the awesome skies here in Western New Mexico.

Wikipedia link for the galaxy distance and other info. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_3486

Luminance = 6 hours
Red = 3 hours 45 minutes
Green = 3 hours 45 minute
Blue = 3 hours 45 minutes

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NGC3486, Bob Birket