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There are 3 galaxies in the photo. The right one is NGC 2872 which is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Leo, approximately 146 million light years from the Milky Way. The left one is NGC 2874 which is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Leo, approximately 172 million light years from the Milky Way. The last one which is on top of this two galaxies, is NGC 2873 which is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Leo, approximately 148 million light years from the Milky Way.
Description Sources: Wikipedia, theskylive.com, in-the-sky.org
Equipment & Integration
Imaging telescope: TS Photon 8" F5 Newtonian reflector
Imaging camera: Nikon D3500
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ-5 Pro Go-To
Guiding telescope: TS 80/600 F7.5 Achromat
Guiding camera: ZWO ASI 120MC-S
Coma corrector: TS GPU Superflat
Extras: -
Software: Adobe Photoshop 2020, DeepSkyStacker, PHD Guiding
Frames: 120s x 40 ISO 400
Integration: 1 hour and 20 minutes
Date captured: 24/04/2020
Location: Athens, Greece
Bortle Scale (?): 8