NGC 3115
NGC 3115
NGC 3115 (PGC 29265, UGCA 199, Caldwell 53 and others) is a lenticular galaxy located approximately 33.5 million light-years away in Sextans.
UGCA 200 (PGC 29299) is the faint galaxy to the bottom left of NGC 3115.
Luminance – 10x600s – 100 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 10x600s – 100 minutes each – binned 1x1
400 minutes total exposure – 6 hours 40 minutes
Imaged March 6th, 7th and 8th, 2022 at the El Sauce Observatory (Rio Hurtado, Chile) with a FLI PL 9000 on a PlaneWave CDK24 at f/6.5 3974 mm.
This data is from Telescope Live (https://telescope.live/) “One-click Observations.”
LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/53748284201/sizes/l/
UGCA 200 (PGC 29299) is the faint galaxy to the bottom left of NGC 3115.
Luminance – 10x600s – 100 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 10x600s – 100 minutes each – binned 1x1
400 minutes total exposure – 6 hours 40 minutes
Imaged March 6th, 7th and 8th, 2022 at the El Sauce Observatory (Rio Hurtado, Chile) with a FLI PL 9000 on a PlaneWave CDK24 at f/6.5 3974 mm.
This data is from Telescope Live (https://telescope.live/) “One-click Observations.”
LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/53748284201/sizes/l/
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
PlaneWave CDK24 at f/6.5 3974 mm - CHI-1
Camera
FLI PL9000
Location
El Sauce Observatory (Rio Hurtado, Chile)
Date of observation
2022-03-06,07,08
Filters
LRGB
Processing
Adobe PhotoShop CS5
Credits
Dan Crowson / Telescope.Live
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