Galaxies
NGC 3344 in Leo Minor
This weakly-barred spiral galaxy is around 22 million lightyears distant. It is fairly small at 45,000 lightyears in diameter, less than half the size of our own galaxy.
This image is the result of 3h 40m of LRGB and 1h 30m of Ha data capture from Horsham, over 3 evenings in February and March 2022. A ZWO ASI2600MM Pro monochrome camera was used, through an 8-inch Teleskop-Service Ritchey-Chretien Cassegrain reflector.
Date: 20/03/2022
Location: Horsham, West Sussex
Photographer: Graham Wilcock
