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Messier 58 and the Siamese Twins
M58 is a barred spiral galaxy about 62 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo.  The Siamese Twins, NGC 4567 and 4568, are colliding spiral galaxies about 60 million light-years away, in the early stages of merging; they are also nicknamed the Butterfly Galaxies.

Messier 58 and the Siamese Twins

M58 is a barred spiral galaxy about 62 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The Siamese Twins, NGC 4567 and 4568, are colliding spiral galaxies about 60 million light-years away, in the early stages of merging; they are also nicknamed the Butterfly Galaxies.




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Filename:M58_0220428_LRGB1A.jpg
Album name:27telp / Galaxies
Location and Date:OCA site near Anza, California - April 30, 2022
Equipment:William Optics FLT-132 refractor, Astro-Physics 1200GTO mount, ZWO ASI1600mm CMOS camera, Mini-Borg 50 guide scope, Starlight Express Ultrastar guide camera
Settings:12 exposures @300 seconds each in Luminance, Red, Green, and Blue, bin 1x1
Notes:Software: Capture, Sequence Generator Pro; guiding, PHD2; Calibration and stacking, CCDStack2; Final processing - PixInsight 1.8.9 and Photoshop CC
Filesize:1085 KiB
Date added:May 24, 2022
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