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An LRGB image of two spiral galaxies that have collided and are now moving apart.

Whilst the devastation of the impact was immense, you can still see a faint spiral structure in the smaller (NGC4485) galaxy. The larger galaxy (NGC4490), which is also known as the Cocoon galaxy, also shows a large Ha region.  Collision debris can also be seen between the two galaxies.

The image represents about 12 hours integration time and was taken with a SW Esprit 150 and a Trius 814 camera and was previously posted in the Deep Sky imaging section.

Alan

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LIGHTS: L:13, R:19, G:20, B:21 x 600s, BIAS:100, DARKS:30, FLATS:40 all at -20C. 

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