Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Corvus (Crv)  ·  Contains:  Antennae  ·  Antennae Galaxies  ·  NGC 4038  ·  NGC 4039  ·  PGC 37910  ·  PGC 37967  ·  PGC 860115  ·  PGC 864818
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NGC 4038 NGC 4039 The Antennae Galaxies, 



    
        

            Peter Goodhew
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NGC 4038 NGC 4039 The Antennae Galaxies

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NGC 4038 NGC 4039 The Antennae Galaxies, 



    
        

            Peter Goodhew
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NGC 4038 NGC 4039 The Antennae Galaxies

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
Planewave CDK 24"
Imaging Cameras
FLI PL09000
Filters
Red · Green · Astrodon Blue · Lum

Acquisition details

Frames:
Astrodon Blue: 12×600(2h) bin 1×1
Green: 12×600(2h) bin 1×1
Lum: 12×600(2h) bin 1×1
Red: 12×600(2h) bin 1×1
Integration:
8h

RA center: 12h01m53s.486

DEC center: -18°5210.11

Pixel scale: 0.620 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 1.007 degrees

Field radius: 0.368 degrees

WCS transformation: thin plate spline

More info:Open 

Resolution: 3025x3020

File size: 1.4 MB

Data source: Amateur hosting facility

Remote source: Telescope Live

Description

My favourite pair of gravitationally interacting galaxies - in the constellation Corvus. They were discovered by William Herschel in 1785.

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NGC 4038 NGC 4039 The Antennae Galaxies, 



    
        

            Peter Goodhew