NGC 3347 and NGC 3358

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

NGC 3347 is an elongated spiral galaxy, while NGC 3358 is a face-on lenticular galaxy There is a barely visible faint tidal stream between NGC 3347 and the smaller round spiral NGC 3354. Both NGC 3347 and NGC 3354 have similar red-shifts, suggesting that this is a genuine association and not merely a line-of-sight coincidence.

Technical details here https://www.astrobin.com/qlym15/

Higher resolution here https://www.astrobin.com/full/qlym15/0/

Geoff

[markas (Mark)]

Very well rendered - I like the colour and the detail is great. I guess you are binning x 2?


Mark

[PKay (Peter)]

Nice work Geoff.

Well done

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Very nice result Geoff and yes, picking up that galactic bridge is a bonus and an intriguing feature

Joe mentioned Wiruna had some good conditions this New Moon..?

Mike

[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

A wonderful basket of galaxies Geoff. A great result indeed

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by markas

Very well rendered - I like the colour and the detail is great. I guess you are binning x 2?


Mark

Thanks Mark. Yes, this is binned 2 x 2, both L and colour. I haven't really settled on the optimum way to do things: no bin, no bin L but bin colour. There doesn't really seem much difference.

Originally Posted by PKay

Nice work Geoff.

Well done

Thanks Peter

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Very nice result Geoff and yes, picking up that galactic bridge is a bonus and an intriguing feature

Joe mentioned Wiruna had some good conditions this New Moon..?

Mike

Thanks Mike. The bridge really needs a deeper exposure. Have a look here http://www.azstarman.net/CDK/NGC3347.htm
Wiruna had good transparency between a few annoying cloud covers, which usually passed over well within an hour. Seeing was OK but not spectacular--low 2's

Originally Posted by Ryderscope

A wonderful basket of galaxies Geoff. A great result indeed

Cheers Rodney

[multiweb (Marc)]

Gorgeous field Geoff. Really cool.

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Thanks Marc

[gregbradley]

A very nice galaxy pair there. I like the soft stars look as well as the galaxies themselves make a great object to image.

Greg.

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

A very nice galaxy pair there. I like the soft stars look as well as the galaxies themselves make a great object to image.

Greg.

Thanks Greg. I always go for soft stars. Nothing looks worse than hard edges on stars.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Geoff45

Nothing looks worse than hard edges on stars.

...except worms