NGC 2903 Galaxy
NGC2903_m.jpg (143199 Byte)

 

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SBIG ST10 ME
L=10x200s 1xBin, R,G=5x2m 2xBin, B=6x2m 2xBin
Pollux 0.8m azimutal mounted telescope
3557mm (=140 inch) f/4.44
SBIG Filter Set provided with the CFW8
3-lens Wynne corrector
average of 1.98 arc seconds
MaximDL LRGB composit, PS 5.5, CCDSharp
Good seeing and good sky conditions (about mag 6.4).

Philipp Keller and Christian Fuchs

This is a very bright and detailed galaxy. Quite similar to M66. Its strange, Messier did not put this one in his catalogue.

Here is a Hubble Picture:

http://www.seds.org/messier/Pics/Hi-res/n2903_sc.jpg

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