NGC 2090 in Columba

 NGC 2090 is spiral galaxy located 40 million light years away in Columba.  The structure of NGC 2090 is an SC type of spiral, the arms are quite faint and required considerable integration time to effectively resolve.  NGC 2090 was one of 18 galaxies that were part of the HST Extragalactic Distance Scale Key Project to improve the value of the Hubble constant.  The sparseness of the galaxy's arms allowed The Hubble Space Telescope to resolve stars leading to a more accurate red shift calculation.

 Imaged in LRGB at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile

 SWSO Group: Mazlin, Parker, Forman, Hanson

 Image Processing: Mark Hanson

 Enjoy, Mark

Image Below from CDK 1000

 Imaged in LRGB at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile on our CDK 1000 telescope.

 Image Processing: Mark Hanson and Mike Selby

Make sure to click on this file and look at the very fine detail in the core.