I was excited to see NGC 4038 and 4039, the Antenna Galaxies, come into view. And armed with a better understanding of the MINALT, I was keen to see the result. Not to mention seeing another RASC Finest NGC entry. The BGO 'bot recorded data from the duel intertwined galaxies in Corvus.
Luminance only, 60 seconds subexposures, 10 stacked shots. FITS Liberator, GIMP. North is up; east is left.
4038 is the northern galaxy; 4039 is the south. The RASC Observer's Handbook notes these two as a single entry.
The antenna proper are hard to see in my image, just faint wisps arcing up and down, or north and south, along the east (left) side of the two galaxies.
The galaxies themselves, together known as Arp 244
This target is also on the Herschel 400 list.
Damn it! Stoopid satellite.
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Tried shooting again on 26 Jan '18 but the result was soft.
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Sorry for any confusion. The pair of galaxies is also in Moore's catalogue as Caldwell 60 and Caldwell 61...
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Wikipedia link: Antenna Galaxies.
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Tried shooting again on 26 Jan '18 but the result was soft.
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Sorry for any confusion. The pair of galaxies is also in Moore's catalogue as Caldwell 60 and Caldwell 61...
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