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Photographer:
Kunihiko Okano
Location of Photo:
Siding Spring Obsevatory in Australia
Date/Time of photo:
July 29 & 30, 2024
Equipment:
Planwave CDK20 w/FLI PL16803
Description:
You can see the history of how the long arm of NGC 6872, one of the largest galaxies in the sky with a size of 520,000 light years, was destroyed by the passage of IC 4970.L:351mim (3min x 117), RGB: (3minx5)/(3minx5)/(3minx5), 2x2 binning. Astrodon E series LRGB filters. Processed by StelaImage9, PhotoShop and Richardson-Lucy Deconvolution.
