Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5205  ·  NGC 5216  ·  NGC 5218
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Galaxtic interactions NGC5216 and NGC5218, Göran Nilsson
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Galaxtic interactions NGC5216 and NGC5218

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Galaxtic interactions NGC5216 and NGC5218, Göran Nilsson
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Galaxtic interactions NGC5216 and NGC5218

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The galactic interaction bridge between NGC5216 and 5218 is 22 000 light years long!

This is the 14" SCT data for my first image of the galaxy season (see previous post) and first time I got my head around using the Sony A7s (just Ha modded by JTW - not that Ha was needed for this image). It is a full frame big pixel (8.4 µm) mirror-less DSLR that is supposed to be the most light sensitive one ever made by Sony. My hope is that it will be a relatively good match for the 3.55 meters of focal length of the Meade SCT (although still oversampling at 0.49 "/ pixel). ISO was 6400.

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Galaxtic interactions NGC5216 and NGC5218, Göran Nilsson