Seeing and transparency weren't up to any of the Arps on my list so this is just a galaxy that was in a rather dark part of the sky. It is in Serpens Caput about 70 million light years away. A barred galaxy with a very narrow bar and a halo of blue spiral arms some seeming unrelated to the bar. They are very faint and not a good target for a night of lousy transparency. Not sure why I didn't try something else on the list. It's just nice to have something to image after two months of solid clouds, storms or full moon. I'm now up to a bit over 2.5 hours of darkness between end and onset of astronomical twilight. Things are looking up!

14" LX200R @ f/10, L=4x10' binned 2x2, RGB=2x10 binned 3x3, STL-11000XM, Paramount ME Posted image at 80% and rather heavy compression

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Rick

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Another beauty for your collection!

Tom

It sure is! Im glad the weather has improve Rick. Another awesome image of a not too well known galaxy and other very distant companions an excellent image of the stars and their colorss are a beaut!. Welldone and Clear Skies

Amazing detail for 40 minutes of luminance. Beautiful shot.

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