IC5201 Galaxy in Grus
IC5201 is a wide open spiral galaxy which long galaxy arms warped around. In the lower left a faint galaxy Cluster (Abell 3862) is visible.
Constellation: Grus
RA: 22h20m58s
DEC: -46°02'05"
distance: about 60-80 mio. lightyears
total size: 8,5x3,9 arc-min
LRGB image
L = 25x1200s
R = 7x1200s
G = 7x1200s
B = 7x1200s
80cm f/7 Astrooptik Keller corrected cassegrain, FLI Proline 16803, Astrodon LRGB Filters, Prompt 7 CTIO/UNC Chile
Processing: Volker Wendel