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Old 01-06-2017, 08:23 PM
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Duelling Galaxies - NGC 5101 and NGC 5078

Here is my rendition of NGC 5101 and NGC 5078 - a face-on barred spiral teamed up with an edge-on. They are separated by a mere 800,000 ly and 5078 appears to be interacting with its companion, IC 879.

I started imaging this in 2014 just after I got my OS. I started with 4.5 hours of Lum and I've now augmented that with 90 minutes of synthetic Lum and 5 hours of RGB for a total of 11 hours integration (equivalent).

For those who prefer to see low res, this version is for you - it fits (more or less) on your PC screen:
http://www.pbase.com/gailmarc/image/165561612/original

For the rest of you who'd like to cruise around and check out all the faint fuzzies in the frame, here is the full resolution version (as usual - <Cntrl + or -> to zoom in or out):
http://www.pbase.com/gailmarc/image/155783443/original

Pretty happy with the result.
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