NGC 2903 – barred spiral galaxy
Description:
NGC 2903 is a spiral galaxy with a central bar that is a nursery for several new stars. It is 30 million light-years away in the constellation Leo.
A faint bright spot can be seen on the left which is a dwarf galaxy catalogued as KKH 51 and is a “companion galaxy” to NGC 2903.
Technical details:
Telescope: Celestron Edge HD14 with a 0.7x focal reducer
Mount: Paramount MX+
Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MM in bin 2×2 mode
Filters ZWO LRGB
Exposures: 25 poses x 6 minutes with a luminance filter and 39 x 6 minutes with a red, green, and blue filter
Location: Backyard observatory in Ste-Sophie, Quebec
Date: February 2019
