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NGC 3913 - Spiral Galaxy

Object

Type

Spiral Galaxy

Constellation

Ursa Major

Distance

27.1M light years

Magnitude

14.2

Size

1.64 x 1.38 arc-min

Notes

NGC 3921 is the larger Interacting Galaxy to the left of NGC 3913

NGC 3921 is also known as Arp 224

NGC 3916 is the smaller Spiral Galaxy just to the right of NGC 3921

Image

Date

2012-04-18

Place

Texas Star Party

Exposure Data

C 30 mins @ -15C

C 6x5

Notes

All filters binned 2x2

Equipment

Optics

Takahashi TOA-150

Focal Length

1100 mm @f/7.3

Mount

Paramount ME

Camera

SBIG ST-10XME

Focuser

RoboFocus

Filters

CFW-10, AstroDon CRGB

Software

TheSky6, CCDSoft, CCDAutopilot4, CCDStack 2+, PixInsight, PhotoShop CS6

Reprocessed on 07/03/2023