The Siamese Twins Galaxies

This is an image of NGC 4567 and NGC 4568, also known as the Siamese Twins or Butterfly Galaxies. They are a set of unbarred spiral galaxies about 60 million light years away in the constellation Virgo. They are in the process of colliding and merging with each other with high star formation where they overlap.       

March 10 - April 4, 2022             

Location: Dark Sky New Mexico        

Telescope: Planewave CDK-17          

Camera: FLI PL16803                   

Mount: Paramount ME                  

Luminance: 27x20 minutes (binned 1x1)

Red: 16x15 minutes (binned 1x1)      

Green: 16x15 minutes (binned 1x1)    

Blue: 16x15 minutes (binned 1x1)     

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