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This member of the Ursa Major Galaxy Cloud is about 55 million light years away from Earth and running away from us at an approximate speed of 1142 kilometers per second. However, it is not alone… It has companion galaxies as well – companions that may be contributing to M109's bright central bar. "Detailed neutral hydrogen observations have been obtained of the large barred spiral galaxy NGC 3992 and its three small companion galaxies, UGC 6923, UGC 6940, and UGC 6969. Scope: 12" LX200 OTA @ f6.3 Mount: MI250 Camera: SBIG ST200XM,CFW10 Astrodon Gen II filters Guiding: Loasstar with Maxim Dl. LLRGB image, L= 35X10 min. RGB= 33X5 min. Bin 2X. Total exposure time = 14 hrs Images acquired with Maximum Dl, combined with CCDStack, final processing with PS CS4 Images were taken at the fully automated Burkes Observatory on 3/07/2010-3/08/2010 using ACP. |