NGC5963 & NGC5965

NGC5963 & NGC5965 Galaxies

NGC5963 & NGC5965

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Object Info

Type

Galaxies

Constellation

Draco

Distance

40,000,000 ly & 200,000 ly

Capture Details

Date

June 3, 2016

Location

Palomar Mountain, CA

Exposure

Lum 11x15, R 3x15, G 3x15, B 3x15 (bin 1x1)

Notes

NGC5963 is the face on, NGC5965 is the edge-on.

Equipment

Optics

DSI RC10C Corrected RC Astrograph

Focal Length

1867mm @f/7.3

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

FLI ML-6303E

Focuser

Built-in Secondary Focuser

Filters

FLI CFW2-7, Astrodon Gen 2 LRGB

Software

Maxim DL, CCDStack, Photoshop