NGC925 in Triangulum
This large, low surface brightness galaxy is located about 2° E of g Trianguli (see finder chart below). Its faint arms contain numerous HII (star-forming) regions.
The above image was taken on September 26, 1998 from Sooke, BC. Cookbook 245 LDC CCD camera was used on Celestron Ultima 8 f6.3 telescope autoguided with Cookbook 211 LDC camera on a piggybacked 500mm f8 telephoto lens. Ten white exposures (240 sec. each) as well as cyan, magenta and yellow-filtered integrations (6 x 240 sec. each) were combined using AIP4WIN. Color image was then adjusted in Lab color space with Corel PhotoPaint 8.
North is to the right.
Map created in Guide 7.0 - 7°45' x 7°45'. North is up.
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© Jan Wisniewski