Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  NGC 3642
NGC3642 - HaRGB - group project, Victor Van Puyenbroeck
NGC3642 - HaRGB - group project, Victor Van Puyenbroeck

NGC3642 - HaRGB - group project

Revision title: HaRGB

NGC3642 - HaRGB - group project, Victor Van Puyenbroeck
NGC3642 - HaRGB - group project, Victor Van Puyenbroeck

NGC3642 - HaRGB - group project

Revision title: HaRGB

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Description

This might be the first amateur Ha-RGB image of spiral galaxy NGC 3642. We could find only a handful high-resolution (L)RGB images online. Mouse-over shows pure RGB without H-alpha.

The structure of this galaxy was very interesting: the core contains a tiny one-armed minispiral, surrounded by a flocculent nuclear ring, and faint warped outer pseudoring. We were able to pick up some star forming regions in Halpha. A nice bonus was the yellow ring-type galaxy PGC 2585851 on the left side of the frame. 

Image data collected by:
Menno Jansen (initiator): Netherlands / Baader IR/UV cut + L-eXtreme / Meade LX200 8" f/10 / ASI071MC Pro 
Martin Schoenmaker: Netherlands / L-Pro + L-eXtreme / EdgeHD 8" f/10 / ASI294MC Pro 
Bart Speet: Netherlands / Baader RGB / Maksutov Newton 190 / ASI 294 MM Pro 
Victor Van Puyenbroeck: Belgium / AstroDon RGB / ONTC Newton 200/800 / ASI1600MM-C 

Data combination and processing by: Victor Van Puyenbroeck

Total exposure: 
25h RGB + 10h Ha
Acquisition between May 2022 - May 2023.

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NGC3642 - HaRGB - group project, Victor Van Puyenbroeck