Observation by Kevin Gurney: Arp 214 and friends

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Kevin Gurney

Observer

Kevin Gurney

Observed

2025 Jun 19 - 21:17

Uploaded

2025 Sep 02 - 14:23

Objects

NGC3729
Arp 322
NGC3718

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Constellation

Ursa Major

Field centre

RA: 11^h33^m
Dec: +53°03'
Position angle: +2°24'

Field size

0°25' × 0°22'

Equipment

Celestron C11 HD
ZWO ASI2600MM
Baader LRGB filters
Fornax 102 mount
Celestron 0.7 focal reducer

Exposure

4 hrs, 50 mins, over three nights

Location

Charente, France

Target name

Arp 214 (NGC3718), NGC 3729, Arp 322 (HCG 56)

Title

Arp 214 and friends

About this image

Arp 214 (NGC 3718) is approximately 52 million light years away in Ursa Major. Its swirling s-shape certainly qualifies it for Arp’s catalogue of ‘peculiar’ galaxies, and may be due to gravitational interaction with NGC 3729, shown in the upper left of the image. Also in this image is Arp 322 a cluster of interacting galaxies around 400M LY away, shown here just under Arp 214. This group is also numbered 56 in the Hickson’s catalogue of compact groups (HCG).

Taken over 3 nights: 19, 22,23 June 2025

Files associated with this observation

LRGB_proc2c.jpg (5.8 MB)

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