NGC2336

NGC2336 is an elegant, sweeping, barred spiral galaxy in the direction of the Constellation Camelopardalis, approximately 100 Million Light-Years distant. It is a very large spiral galaxy and the most northern galaxy, less than 10 degrees from Polaris. Most notable about NGC2336 is that its morphology is very similar to what is thought to be that of our own galaxy. It has a central bar around which the nearby stars orbit in a figure eight pattern rather than the circles scribed by the outer region stars.

Object: NGC2336
Distance: 100 Million Light-Years
Magnitude: 10.8
Date: February 2010
Place: Fort Davis, TX
Exposure Details: LRGB:730:180:210:270 unbinned

Processing: MaxIM DL, CCDStack, CCDInspector, RegiStar, Photoshop CS3

Optics: 12.5" RCOS Truss
Focal Length: 2808mm @ f9
Mount: Paramount ME Robotic GEM
Camera: SBIG STL6303E
Focuser: RCOS
Guiding: Off-Axis using SBIG Guide Camera
Filters: LRGB Tru-Balance Gen II 2"