11
Jun
2021
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Finally got around to process my latest photo! Took quite a lot of learning to post-process LRGB (monochrome) photos for the first time.
So here it is: The galaxy cluster HCG 68 and the spiral galaxy NGC5371, which together form the “The Big Lick Galaxy Group”
There are quite a few very distant and small galaxies in this photo, can you spot them? You can see them in the full resolution viewer, when turning on annotations in the buttons panel on the top left.
Hickson Compact Group 68 (HCG 68)
The galaxy cluster HCG 68 can be seen on the right hand side of the photo, right next to the bright star. It is made up of the following 5 galaxies:
| Name | Luminosity [mag] | Distance form earth |
|---|---|---|
| NGC5350 | 11.6 | 90 Million Light Years |
| NGC5353 | 11.1 | 118 Million Light Years |
| NGC5354 | 11.5 | 121 Million Light Years |
| NGC5355 | 13.0 | 123 Million Light Years |
| NGC5358 | 13.7 | 128 Million light Years |
NGC 5371
The face-on spiral galaxy NGC5371 is located roughly 100 Million Light Years from earth. Weirdly, it also seems to be known as NGC5390. It’s morphological type is “Sbc”, a barred spiral galaxy.