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Old May 8th 08, 02:06 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.astro
Stefan Lilge
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Default ASTRO: NGC 5218/5216

Richard,

your recent galaxy pictures with the AP180 from the ranch are much deeper
than anything I could get here in the city, so I guess recording the tail
wouldn't be a problem for you.

Stefan

"Richard Crisp" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Too cool

I wonder if I could get that tail from the ranch site?

it is considerably darker than my backyard in castro valley

"Stefan Lilge" wrote in message
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NGC 5218 (top) and NGC 5216 (below) are an interacting galaxy pair in
UMa. The most notable feature here is the tidal tail between the two
galaxies, which is several times larger than the galaxies themselves.

Taken from the middle of Berlin with a 10" Meade ACF at f/6.4 on a G11
mount, SXV-H9 camera, 47x5 minutes.

The picture can also be found at
http://ccd-astronomy.de/temp/5218-47x5gut.jpg

Stefan