Hickson 44 – Compact group of galaxies
Description:
In the constellation Leo, the Hickson 44 compact group includes 4 beautiful gravitationally interacting galaxies. They are located about 80 million light-years away from us. The most remarkable galaxy with its distorted S-shape is NGC 3187. The other two spiral galaxies are NGC 3185 and NGC 3190. The fourth is an elliptical galaxy, NGC 3193.
Technical détails:
Telescope: Celestron Edge HD14 with 0.7x focal reducer
Mount: Paramount MX+
Camera: ZWO ASI 2600MM in bin 2×2 mode
Filters: Baader LRGB CMOS-optimized
Exposures: 72 x 6 minutes for a total of 7.2 hours
