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Community photo entitled Super thin galaxy by Steven Bellavia on 05/24/2025 at Surry, Va

Super thin galaxy

On 05/24/2025 11:30 pm by Steven Bellavia | Website | Surry, Va

UGC 9242 (PGC 51503) is a galaxy 66 million light years from earth, in the constellation Boötes, and is 4 arc-minutes in length, and only 19 arc-seconds in width, with no central bulge, making it appear essentially as a line in space.

Telescope: Apertura 6-inch f/12 Classic Cassegrain with Baader Alan-Gee reducer, which brings the scope to f/7.1, 1080mm focal length
Camera: ZWO ASI 294MM Pro, cooled to -10C
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro using EQMOD software

LRGB data loaded into PixInsight for calibration, registration and integration.
Final post-processing in GIMP and Canon Digital Photo Professional