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Also known as "The Splinter Galaxy", this galaxy is approximately 40 million light years from Earth in the constellation of Draco

Image acquired using SBIG St-10XME camera with Astrodon filter set through 12" Meade Lx-200Gps telescope with Celestron .63x reducer.

60 minutes of Luminance, 1x1 Binning.

30 minutes each of Red, Green and Blue, 2x2 Binning.

Five minute sub-frames.

07/30/06