[back] NGC 5560/66/69 in Virgo [NED]
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Type/Distance: NGC 5560:SBb/p,~ 23Mpc/77MLy, NGC5566:SBab,~ 30Mpc/97MLy, NGC5569:SBc,~ 24Mpc/79MLy |
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(c) 2004 All astro photo images are copyrighted. They may not be used or reproduced without explicit written permission from the authors.
About this Image / Über dieses Bild
| CCD: | ST10 XME |
| Image Type, Orientation: | LRGB Composite, North is at 1:00 |
| Exposure time: | L: 16x300 sec. 1x1 bin, R,G,B: 4x300 sec. 2x2 bin |
| Exposure date: | June 17th, 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): | 2.4" |
| Photographer: | Josef Pöpsel, Beate Behle |
| Remarks: |
The SBc galaxy in the upper left part of the image is NGC 5569, the main galaxy is NGC 5566 and the highly deformed galaxy in the upper right part of the image is NGC 5560. All three together are also known as Herschel 400 and Arp 286. Image processed with CCDSharp and digital development (DDP). |
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| Bemerkungen: |
Die SBc-Galaxie oben links ist NGC 5569, die Haupt-Galaxie ist NGC 5566 und die stark verformte Galaxie rechts oben ist NGC 5560. Alle drei Galaxien gemeinsam sind auch als Herschel 400 und Arp 286 bekannt. Das Bild wurde mit Hilfe von CCDSharp und "digital development" (DDP) bearbeitet. |
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