NGC 2859, Abell 779, many friends and colorful stars (Markus Adamaszek)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Leo Minor (LMi) · Contains: 40 Lyn · 40 alf Lyn · HD80408 · HD80443 · HD80493 · HD80869 · HD80966 · HD81006 · HD81057 · NGC 2823 · NGC 2825 · NGC 2826 · NGC 2827 · NGC 2828 · NGC 2829 · NGC 2830 · NGC 2831 · NGC 2832 · NGC 2833 · NGC 2834 · NGC 2839 · NGC 2859 · PGC 139185 · PGC 139192 · PGC 2026746 · PGC 2027555 · PGC 2028861 · PGC 2030737 · PGC 2031671 · PGC 2031972 · And 62 more.

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NGC 2859, Abell 779, many friends and colorful stars

NGC 2859, the galaxy cluster Abell 779 (includes the galaxy trio Arp 315: NGC 2830, NGC 2831, NGC 2832), many friends and colorful stars

Especially I like the color contrast between the galaxies and the bright orange star at the top of the image and the bright blue star at the bottom.

These beautiful objects are rarely imaged.
NGC 2859 is a fascinating barred lenticular galaxy and a "TIE fighter of the Star Wars Universe".

Also for these special types of galaxies my friend @Gary Imm has created great and very inspiring collections and posters:

Lenticular Galaxies ( Gary Imm ) - AstroBin
TIE fighters of the Star Wars Universe ( Gary Imm ) - AstroBin (This collection in particular inspired me to capture NGC 2859 together with Abell 779 and others in a widefield.)

That night I cooled the camera down to an average of about -10 °C / 14 °F.

Hope you like it.

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RA (center)	09h22m42s.100
RA (top/left)	09h22m36s.47
RA (top/right)	09h18m16s.80
RA (bottom/right)	09h22m49s.36
RA (bottom/left)	09h27m12s.11

Dec (center)	+34°07′37″.9
Dec (top/left)	+35°08′14″.10
Dec (top/right)	+33°42′44″.1
Dec (bottom/right)	+33°07′00″.3
Dec (bottom/left)	+34°31′55″.8

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