[back] NGC 3717 in Hydra [NED]
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Type: Sb, distance ~ 20Mpc/68MLy |
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60" |
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About this Image / Über dieses Bild
| CCD: | ST10 XME |
| Image Type, Orientation: | LRGB Composite, North is at 8:00h (!) |
| Exposure time: | L: 18x300 sec. 1x1 bin, R,G,B: 6x300 sec. 2x2 bin |
| Exposure date: | May 20th, 2004 |
| Location: | Capella Observatory at Amani Lodge, Kupferberg near Windhoek, Namibia |
| Filter: | FR03 + Astronomik Typ II LRGB filters |
| Instrument: | Ganymed 60cm-Hypergraph in secondary focus, f=4800 mm |
| Seeing (FWHM): | 1.6" |
| Photographer: | Rainer Sparenberg, Stefan Binnewies,Volker Robering |
| Remarks: |
This galaxy
looks a little like the starship in the German TV series "Raumpatrouille
Orion". This series started in 1965 (one year before Star Trek!) and
was formed by the main actor Dietmar Schönherr. |
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| Bemerkungen: |
Für die alten SiFi-Hasen unter uns: Erinnert diese Galaxie nicht an das
Raumschiff von „Raumpatrouille Orion“?! |
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