NGC2683

Spiral Galaxy in Lynx

Uploaded 11/9/10

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This splendid nearly edge on spiral galaxy in Lynx shows beautiful delicate dust lane details over its core. Shining at 10.6 magnitude, it spans 11 arc minutes wide. As expected, the B-V index (reddening) is +.89 due mostly to the yellowing effects of the dust. There are over two dozen minor faint galaxies in this image as well. Perhaps the brightest is just above and to the left of the core. This 16th magnitude inclined spiral is only .7 minutes wide and very yellow from extinction.
Instrument: 12.5" f/5 Home made Newtonian Mount: Astrophysics 1200 QMD CCD Camera: SBIG 10XME NABG with Enhanced Water Cooling Guider: Meade DSI Pro w/Lumicon Newt Easy Guider Exposure: LRGB = 120:20:20:20 AstroDon RGB Combine Ratio: 1: 1.05: 1.2 Location: Payson, Arizona, Elevation: 5150 ft. Sky: Seeing FWHM = 4.5 arcsec (Maxim DL - 10min subframe), Transparency 9/10 Outside Temperature: 40 F CCD Temperature: -30 C Image Processing Tools: Maxim DL: Calibration, deblooming (Starizona Debloomer), aligning, stacking PixInsight: Curves Photoshop CS2: Curves, Color Correction, Gradient removal (Grad Xterminator), Cleanup HOME GALAXIES EMISSION NEBS REFLECTION NEBS COMETS GLOBULARS OPEN CLUST PLANETARIES LINKS