Observation by Ian Jarrett: NGC6090

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Ian Jarrett

Observer

Ian Jarrett

Observed

2026 Apr 24 - 00:00

Uploaded

2026 Apr 26 - 14:59

Objects

NGC6090

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Constellation

Draco

Field centre

RA: 16^h11^m
Dec: +52°26'
Position angle: +93°56'

Field size

0°16' × 0°16'

Equipment

Edge HD 9.25" SCT
Celestron OAG + ASI120MM Guide Camera
Player One Ares-M Camera
Antlia LRGB V-Series PRO Filters

Exposure

43 x 60s each of R,G,B + 149 x 60s Luminance

Location

Hampshire, Bortle 4

Target name

NGC 6090

Title

NGC6090

About this image

I think this is the first image of NGC 6090 on the BAA gallery. According to Wikipedia, NGC6090 is a merging pair of spiral galaxies, 400 million light-years away from us. The cores of the two galaxies are around 10,000 light-years apart from one another and two large tails made of galactic material gravitationally ejected during the merger, have formed outside the main galaxies.

Files associated with this observation

NGC6090.jpg (1.9 MB)

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