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Dave xxxiv 🇨🇦📷🔭✨ @nlskies@mastodon.social

2/26/2026, 1:18:52 AM

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Another result finally processed from data captured around this time last year.

A group of galaxies in Leo with a nice mixture of galaxy shapes - elliptical, face-on spiral (arms appear more like an outer ring), edge-on spiral and a barred spiral. Details in ALT text description.

6" refractor with a mono CMOS camera. About 30min each in R, G and B.

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A black background with stars of varying brightness and colour spread throughout. There are a number of small galaxies interspersed.

NGC 3190: At center is a spiral galaxy looking mostly edge on and vertical. The galaxy is beige colour with a vertical dark brown dust lane.

NGC 3187: Below center of the image is another spiral galaxy. This one has a blue cast and has two main arms protrude in an extended way forming an "S" shape.

NGC 3185: Left of center is another small spiral galaxy looking face on. There are no easily discernible arms (at this resolution) but they appear to form a circular/outer ring structure. The core is brighter and beige in colour. The outer 'ring' has a blue cast.

NGC 3193: Upper right is a small elliptical galaxy which is beige in colour and brighter core, but no discernible features.

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