This galaxy is relatively nearby, about 12 million light years away. It is not large as galaxies go, around 20,000 light years across. But it makes a wonderful subject for study. Truthfully, there are Hubble images of it all over, and these are wonderfully processed to show all the activity. Also, the Wikipedia page for it is well done. But here is my humble submission, just 9x720" with an SXVF-H9 and Astronomik CLS filter through the CFF 290mm classical Cassegrain operating at f/7.93. Truthfully, it needs another four hours, but whether I get it or not, this data was really fun to collect. That much detail coming in from 12 million light years away, appearing on my computer screen in my backyard in the middle of the night---very cool.
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