Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2146
NGC 2146, marter
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NGC 2146

NGC 2146, marter
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NGC 2146

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NGC 2146 is a barred spiral galaxy type SBab pec in the constellation Camelopardalis. The galaxy was discovered in 1876 by Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke. It has a diameter of 80,000 lyr and is approximately 70 million ly from earth.

This image was taken in my backyard (bortle 6) over two nights in January. Processing was done in Pixinsight. The final image is a crop, the original image is available in the Revisions.

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NGC 2146, marter