NGC 3521


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Gilbert
NGC 3521
Galaxy
CTIO, Chile
03-20-2007
Description

A processing of a set of LRGB frames taken during seeing of 0.4" to 0.9 " at CTIO.

Located on the celestial equator in the "head" of Leo  - The Lion  -  this impressive galaxy is both large and bright and could have been easily seen by Messier.  It has a very bright, almost starlike core from which material appears to be ejected perpendicularly to the galaxy plane into a prominent halo.

NGC 3521 lies 30 million light years distant. This field of view is 10 x10 arcminutes.

Technical Details
Exposure Time:
LRGB (3 hours of Lum, and 2.5 hours for each color all 15 minute subexposures)
Camera:
Apogee Alta U47
Telescope:
RCOS Carbon Truss 16 inch f/11.3 Ritchey-Chretien
Mount:
Software Bisque Paramount ME
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