NGC 5566 Barred Spiral Galaxy

NGC 5566 Barred Spiral Galaxy May 7, 2022 782 views3886×32962.16 MB

Remote observatory

Bortle

Vir

14h 20m 9s · +3° 57′ 52″

0.24°

0.34″/px

89.94°N

Integration

Chroma Chroma RGB 50mm Unmounted	145×120″	4h 50′	27 Apr 2022
Chroma Chroma L 50 mm unmounted	139×60″	2h 19′	30 Apr 2022
Totals		7h 9′	27 Apr, 30 Apr 2022	6%

Chroma Chroma RGB 50mm Unmounted	145×120″=4h 50′
27 Apr 2022

Chroma Chroma L 50 mm unmounted	139×60″=2h 19′
30 Apr 2022

Totals	7h 9′
27 Apr, 30 Apr 2022	6%

Imaging equipment

Optics	Planewave Instruments CDK20
Camera	ZWOASI6200MM Pro
Mount	Paramount MEII with Absolute Encoders
Filters	Chroma Chroma L 50 mm unmounted Chroma Chroma RGB 50mm Unmounted
Focus reducer	Planewave Instruments 0.66x Reducer
Software	Stefan BergNighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA)
Software	PixInsight 1.8

Guiding equipment

Guiding optics	Astromania Astromania 70mm guidescope
Guiding camera	QHYCCDQHY5III174 M

Objects

Description

CDK20: FL 2280mm, F/4.5, 0.34 arcsec/pixel raw
Imaged: 4/27/2022, 4/28/2022, 4/30/2022

NGC 5566 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo, which is approximately 65 million light years away from Earth. The galaxy is the biggest in the constellation Virgo, stretching nearly 150,000 light years in diameter.[4] The galaxy NGC 5566 was discovered on 30 April 1786 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel. It is included in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies.
(Wikipedia)

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Published Mar 11, 2025, 12:59:25 PM

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