ASTRO: NGC 6028 Another Hoag's Object type ring galaxy

The foreground star overlapping the core of this galaxy is much bluer
than the core so it stands out in 3D against the core. I really like
the way that worked. Doesn't seem to work with the other foreground
star in the gap between the core and ring however.

This one is only 1/3rd the distance of Hoag's object posted earlier, at
200 million light years. Its angular size is somewhat larger but
obviously it is a much smaller galaxy than Hoag's Object. The ring
isn't as perfect and the core looks like a typical S0 galaxy rather than
the near perfect ring and spherical core of Hoag's Object. So they may
have very different histories of how they came to look the way they do.

Of late, as the night cools, the upper air hits the dew point and I get
clouds, again limiting my color data making it a bit noisy. This was
taken the night after I did Hoag's Object and seeing was a bit better
but transparency a lot worse, even before the clouds formed. I'll
likely try these two again next year under better conditions.

14" LX200R @ f/10, L=4x10', RGB 1x10' all binned 2x2, STL-11000XM,
Paramount ME

Rick
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