Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2903  ·  NGC 2905
NGC 2903, Frank Colosimo
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NGC 2903

NGC 2903, Frank Colosimo
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NGC 2903

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NGC 2903 is a barred spiral galaxy in Leo. It is about 30 million light years away. It has apparent dimensions of 12.6x6 arc minutes and a visual brightness of 9.7 magnitude.

Imaging data:

Date: Feb 9,12,13,24, Mar 25 2011

Location: New Ringgold PA

Optics: Hyperion 12.5 inch f/9 2532mm focal length

Mount: Paramount ME

Camera/Filters: SBIG STL 11000 camera Baader filters

Guiding: Selfguided

Exposure: Luminance: 39x10 minutes unbinned, R:18x6 min G:17x6 min B:12x6 min, all binned 2x2. The total time was 11.2 hours

Processing: Image acquisition using CCD Autopilot. Initial processing was done using Maxim DL with subsequent processing using Photoshop.

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NGC 2903, Frank Colosimo

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