Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  NGC 185
NGC 185, Frank Colosimo
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NGC 185

NGC 185, Frank Colosimo
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NGC 185

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NGC 185 (aka Caldwell 18) is a dwarf elliptical galaxy about 2 million light-years away in the constellation of Cassiopeia. It is a member of our Local Group of galaxies and is a satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy Messier 31. Unlike most ellipticals which are smooth and featureless, NGC 185 contains young stellar clusters and other features like the dark spot/dark lane that can be seen in the image.

Date: Sep - Oct 2014, processed Jan 2021

Location: New Ringgold PA

Optics: Hyperion f/8 12.5 inch, FL 2540 mm

Mount: Paramount ME

Camera: Apogee U8300

Guiding: ST-402 on Innovations Foresight On-Axis Guider

Exposure: LRGB: L:21x15 min R:15x10 min, G:11x8 min, B:13x10 min for a total of 11.4 hrs - 60 subs at avg pf 683 sec.

Processing: Image acquisition using CCD Autopilot. Initial processing was done using Maxim DL with subsequent processing with Photoshop. Thank you to Chris Abissi, who helped in the processing of this image.

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NGC 185, Frank Colosimo

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