Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Gemini (Gem)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2289  ·  NGC 2290  ·  NGC 2291  ·  NGC 2294
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NGC 2290 Galaxy Group in Gemini., astroeyes
NGC 2290 Galaxy Group in Gemini.
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NGC 2290 Galaxy Group in Gemini.

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Here's a faint 'ring' galaxy, ngc 2290, part of a galaxy group in Gemini.

Imaged over a couple of nights in pretty freezing conditions, it's not as good as I'd hoped but you can just make out the ring galaxy towards the bottom of the image. It's small size and faint magnitude, 14.6, make it a challenge, but there are other interesting features in the image besides ngc 2290. From ngc 2290, anti clockwise are ngc 2288, ngc 2289, ngc 2291 and ngc 2294. Top centre is the 15th mag. galaxy mcg +06-15-009.

20 x 120 sec and 15 x 180 sec exposures, sigma combined in AstroArt 3, on the 22nd and 23rd December.

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NGC 2290 Galaxy Group in Gemini., astroeyes