M96 The Elusive 2MFGC 8391
Image Description and Details : M96 is a lovely distrurbed spiral about 31 million ly distant. The most interesting feature to me is the needle galaxy 2MFGC 8391 we see through the arm of M96. This needle is the spitting image of NGC 891 but more distant at about 150 ly away. M96 appeared to me initially as a one-arm galaxy but is described as a double barred spiral.
Astrodon Blue: 31x31" (16' 1") (gain: 25.00) -10°C bin 1x1
Astrodon Green: 24x600" (4h) (gain: 25.00) -10°C bin 1x1
Astrodon Luminance: 61x600" (10h 10') (gain: 25.00) -10°C bin 1x1
Astrodon Red: 27x600" (4h 30') (gain: 25.00) -10°C bin 1x1
Integration total 18h 56' 1"
Planewave CDK14, Planewave L-350, QHY600M
Copyright: Kevin Morefield
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