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Arp 104 - Keenan's System, 



    
        

            Peter Goodhew
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Arp 104 - Keenan's System

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Arp 104 - Keenan's System, 



    
        

            Peter Goodhew
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Arp 104 - Keenan's System

Acquisition details

Frames:
Astrodon Blue: 16×300(1h 20′) bin 1×1
Green: 17×300(1h 25′) bin 1×1
Lum: 81×600(13h 30′) bin 1×1
Red: 18×300(1h 30′) bin 1×1
Integration:
17h 45′

RA center: 13h31m01s.615

DEC center: +62°4038.69

Pixel scale: 0.533 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -6.836 degrees

Field radius: 0.372 degrees

More info:Open 

Resolution: 4186x2783

File size: 1.9 MB

Locations: e-Eye, Fregenal de la Sierra, Extramadura, Spain

Data source: Own remote observatory

Remote source: e-EyE Extremadura

Description

I just adore this area of the sky. A cornucopia of galaxies, large, medium and small. The two main galaxies gravitationally interacting, with tidal tails between them and behind them. I just don't understand why it is so rarely imaged.

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Arp 104 - Keenan's System, 



    
        

            Peter Goodhew

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