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3-19-05 Adam Stuart

ngc3432001_StdDevMean32.jpg

Miami, FL

Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 3432

Use averted vision to see nearby dwarf galaxy UGC 5983 (between red tick marks), a mag 15.5 galaxy that is distorting and interacting with NGC 3432.

Elongated dwarf galaxy
Distance: 25 million light years

Mag 11.30
Size 6.5' x 1.1'

Starlight Xpress HX916; 2.78 arc-sec/pix
Stellarvue SV78-S piggybacked on LX200, unguided. Astronomik Type II IR-blocked filter. Luminance = 53 x 150 seconds, unbinned 1x1. Could not get a consistent lock on a guide star in this field. full exif

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