The Deer Lick and Stephan’s Quintet Group taken by David Ault of Georgetown

Posted by David Ault on Nov 17, 2015

The Deer Lick and Stephan’s Quintet Group taken by David Ault of Georgetown on 10/10/2015 with a QSI 6120 camera through a Stellarvue SVR90T, prime focus.

Mount: Losmandy G11
Acquisition: Data taken on the nights of the 5th, 6th, 9th and 10th of October during ESP 2015. 52 x 15 minute Luminance frames, 9 x 20 minute RGB frames (3 frames for each channel)

In addition to the primary galaxy groups seen in the image there are many many smaller galaxies visible in the background as well as the integrated flux nebula (IFN).

Full version can be found here: http://astrob.in/full/219440/0/?real=&mod=None