M109; aka Barred Spiral galaxy in Ursa Major, and friends (Dev (Dave) Prana)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: HD103829 · M 109 · NGC 3992

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M109; aka Barred Spiral galaxy in Ursa Major, and friends

M109; aka Barred Spiral galaxy and friends, in Ursa Major, @ 1280mm FLA pprox 55 to 65 million light-years away from Earth, this target includes several galaxies in the same shot, can you guess? Hint, answer key is attached to the post. It's incredible to think that the photons I captured on my camera sensor were 55 to 65 MLys old, wow!Mid April 2022 data, only 20 x 180sec light subs along with 20 darks, and 20 flats were stacked in Deep sky stacker and post processed in Pixinsight for the original final image from last year. Redone today with BlurXT in Pixinsight, and Stars Spikes Pro plugin for Paintshop Pro.Equipment used: Nexstar Evo 8" SCT+0.63x FR, on AVX mount with ZWO 294MC Pro main camera, ZWO 120mm guidecam, ASI Air Plus, Optolong L Pro filter, dew heater straps, and all powered by Jackery packs.

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Astrometry.net job	7465247
PixInsight job	M12BSXBKW714AP4H9C1785IQETK56YXP
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	11h57m34s.743
RA (top/left)	11h58m21s.147
RA (top/right)	11h55m32s.876
RA (bottom/right)	11h56m49s.570
RA (bottom/left)	11h59m36s.245

Dec (center)	+53°22′27″.60
Dec (top/left)	+53°40′08″.94
Dec (top/right)	+53°27′56″.86
Dec (bottom/right)	+53°04′44″.84
Dec (bottom/left)	+53°16′50″.79

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