Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Boötes (Boo)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5248
NGC 5248, Jan Scheers
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NGC 5248

NGC 5248, Jan Scheers
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NGC 5248

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NGC 5248 (also known as Caldwell 45) is a compact intermediate spiral galaxy about 59 million light-years away in the constellation Boötes. It is a member of the NGC 5248 Group of galaxies, itself one of the Virgo III Groups strung out to the east of the Virgo Supercluster of galaxies.

This image was acquired with the Planewave CDK24 telescope and FLI PL09000 CCD-camera from Telescope Live in El Sauce Observatory, Chile. FOV 32' x 32' (0.68"/px)

Total integration time: 315 minutes.
LRGB 16:16:15:16 subs of 300s
Data Telescope Live.

Processing with Astro Pixel Processor, Photoshop CC with AstroPanel Pro, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Sharpen AI and Denoise Projects 3 plug-ins.

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NGC 5248, Jan Scheers