Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Draco (Dra)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5906  ·  NGC 5907
The True Tails of NGC 5907 ?, KuriousGeorge
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The True Tails of NGC 5907 ?

The True Tails of NGC 5907 ?, KuriousGeorge
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The True Tails of NGC 5907 ?

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NGC 5907 became an instant celebrity following the publication of this APOD image from 2008...

NGC 5907 APOD with Tidal Streams

Since then, several folks with very fancy systems have tried to duplicate this result with no success. One notable attempt used the Dragonfly Telephoto Array...

Revisiting NGC 5907 in 2019

I had two nights left in this dark cycle to try on a CDK24. Here's my results with 29 x 1800s L subs during 2 nights of 21.5 SQM. Processing for this B&W inverted image is just a simple invert followed by a strong stretch and nothing more to help minimize processing artifacts...

14.5 hours of NGC 5907 using a CDK24 in a 21.5 SQM sky.

A light panel was used for very careful flat calibration.

The color image shown here was created from the above luminance data with color I captured on the same setup during July 12, 13 2018.

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The True Tails of NGC 5907 ?, KuriousGeorge

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