Sole pickings from a cloudy new moon weekend at Wiruna. This is a nice little galaxy in Pyxis which, for some reason, is not often imaged. More data is on the agenda.
Object: ngc 2613
Telescope: 12.5" Plane Wave CDK
Camera: Fli Proline 16803
Exposure: 3.8 hours in Astronomik LRGB Series II filters
Seeing: About 2.6"
FOV: 17' x 17'
Orientation: N up, E left
Processing: PixInsight.
http://www.astrobin.com/241878/0
Larger res here:
http://www.astrobin.com/full/241878/0/
NGC 2613 is a barred spiral galaxy in Pyxis about 66 million light-years away from Earth. It is thought to resemble our own Milky Way. The two smaller galaxies near the bright blue star in the upper right are PGC23977 (the larger one) and PGC86225. Also visible in the upper left quadrant is PGC86225.
NGC 2613 is an extremely massive galaxy that contains a deeply embedded active nucleus, probably hosting a supermassive black hole, lying within a smooth bulge of stars from which the many tightly wound spiral arms emanate.