IC5201 & its Celestial Sentinels
The barred spiral galaxy IC5201 is in the southern constellation of Grus and is approximately 40 million light years distant. Discovered by Joseph Lunt at the Cape Town Observatory in 1900. This image totals 12,600s from LRGB filters. Seen here accompanied by 𝜋1Gru & 𝜋2Gru.
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
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Telescope
Planewave CDK24
Camera
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Location
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Location
Chile: Río Hurtado, Coquimbo Region. 30.472529° S, 70.762999° W
Date of observation
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Date of observation
July 2023
Filters
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Filters
Astrodon Luminance, Red, Green, Blue
Processing
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Processing
APP, Pixinsight NXT, BXT,GAME script
Credits
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Credits
Matt Neal / Telescope.Live
