Galaxies

Subject information The Siamese Twins (NGC 4567 and NGC 4568) are a set of spiral galaxies 60 million light years away in the constellation Virgo. These galaxies are in the process of colliding and merging with each other. Also in the field of view is the beautiful galaxy M58. This galaxy is at 68 million light years from earth. Image acquisition details Date: 26/04/14 & 27/04/14 Location: La Palma Optics: TS 10″ Newton Mount: NEQ6…

Hickson 44 with NGC3190 Subject information NGC3190 is spiral galaxy we see in the middle of this image somewhat edge on. NGC3190 is a member of the Hickson 44 group located around 80 milion lightyears away in the constellation Leo. You can see by the tidal streams of the galaxies in this group that they are interacting gravitationaly with each other. If you look careful enough you will see the image filled with lots of…