NGC 5033, Holmberg VIII, and NGC 5014 (mlewis)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn) · Contains: NGC 5014 · NGC 5033

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NGC 5033, Holmberg VIII, and NGC 5014

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NGC 5033, Holmberg VIII, and NGC 5014

Link: https://www.thinairphotography.com/Astrophotography-Portfolio/Galaxies/i-8SdP5wS/A

Sometimes one's astrophotography composition is controlled by the camera rotation, and in my case of operating remotely, that is often the case. On this image my main target was NGC 5033, the large irregular spiral in the lower left of the frame. I also wanted to get NGC 5005 in the frame, but my orientation was not optimal and I was not ready to set up for a 4 x 4 mosaic to make that happen. By sliding NGC 5033 to the corner of the frame I was able to include a couple of other objects though. The bluish patch in the lower right is irregular galaxy Holmberg VIII (also designated as UGC 8303) and the small galaxy in the upper right is NGC 5014, which has a barely detectable dust lane that bisects the galaxy vertically instead of horizontally.

This is an image made in RGB with luminance data also added in. I also took some Hα data but it did not seem to amount to much so I did not try to use it. Total integration time was 11 hours and 31 mins. Shorter frames were taken for the star data and added back in at the end of the processing of the galaxies.

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RA (center)	13h12m41s.855
RA (top/left)	13h11m55s.465
RA (top/right)	13h11m15s.534
RA (bottom/right)	13h13m27s.769
RA (bottom/left)	13h14m08s.673

Dec (center)	+36°27′44″.20
Dec (top/left)	+36°48′43″.55
Dec (top/right)	+36°12′46″.30
Dec (bottom/right)	+36°06′43″.88
Dec (bottom/left)	+36°42′38″.53

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