Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam)  ·  Contains:  NGC 1961
NGC 1961, Bob Rucker
NGC 1961, Bob Rucker

NGC 1961

NGC 1961, Bob Rucker
NGC 1961, Bob Rucker

NGC 1961

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Another quick project with NGC 1961 as the target of choice. Although the distance from earth is 200 million light years, its size of 220,000 light years across (more than double that of the Milky Way) allowed for a respectable image size with the EdgeHD 8. The galaxy exhibits signs of distortion but there is no apparent companion nor indications of a recent galaxy merger. This one made up for the rather underwhelming NGC 147 project that I just posted.

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NGC 1961, Bob Rucker