NGC 3621

Dan Crowson

Animas, New Mexico

Imaged February 6th, 2016 from Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG ST-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT90EDT at f/6.7 603mm.

LRGB – https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/24521764544/sizes/l

LRGB Crop – https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/25152453225/sizes/l

Unfortunately, clouds impacted this image on my last night.

NGC 3621 is a large spiral galaxy located approximately 22 million light-years away in Hydra.

Luminance – 12x600s – 120 minutes – binned 1×1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2×2

240 minutes total exposure – 4 hours

2016-02-06T00:00:00