NGC 2903 spiral galaxy -- Astronomy & Celestial in photography-on-the.net forums

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Jan 07, 2021 18:17 | #1

NGC 2903 is a isolated barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Leo about 30 million light years away.
Taken using the 17" planewave at the Canary Islands remote access observatory.

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Jan 07, 2021 20:47 | #2

Looks like a tiny little galaxy far, far away ..processing is great!

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Jan 08, 2021 17:34 | #3

Jeff USN Photog 72-76 wrote in post #19178290

NGC 2903 is a isolated barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Leo about 30 million light years away.
Taken using the 17" planewave at the Canary Islands remote access observatory.

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So this is what it looked like 30 million years ago? WoW how old is your camera? :-P

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Jan 12, 2021 16:54 | #4

Jeff, I'd recommend maybe not crushing the blacks so hard. I bet you are losing a lot of faint detail around the edges of these galaxies.

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