Another NGC2336

[petevasey]

As I mentioned in Tomato's thread his beautiful image inspired me to revisit this nice galaxy, 17 years after first imaging it.  And a clear interval on 11th Feb followed by most of the later night of 12th gave me an opportunity.  This magnitude 10.3 galaxy NGC 2336 in Camelopardalis is one of the nearest reasonably sized galaxies to the North Pole, lying only 10 degrees from it, so accessible all the year round for Northern observers. Quite small in the sky at 7 x 4 arc-minutes, but physically very big - approximately 200,000 light years across, twice the size of our own Milky Way galaxy.  As I say, a long time since that earlier image and well overdue for an update. The tiny galaxy just above the main one is mag 17.4 PGC 213387. There was occasional cloud and slight haze which probably contributed to the halos on the brighter stars. But I was able to collect a worthwhile amount of data with this result. Luminance 22 x 10 minutes, RGB each 13 x 10 minutes. All binned 2x2, QSI 683 on RC10 with SX AO unit.  Because of the relatively small size of the galaxy, I've posted the full size image.

Cheers,  Peter

[tomato]

That’s a fine image of NGC 2336, I’m especially impressed with the colour .👍🏼

Edited February 14 by tomato

[ollypenrice]

A strong image with something to say.

Olly