NGC-4038 'The Antenna Galaxies'


NGC-4038 in Corvus The 'Antenna' or 'Ring-tail' Galaxy
Taken with a LX-200 Meade 10 inch f 6.3 telescope and ST-6 camera.
Guided with ST-4 and CCDtrack software.

Exposure: 3 Integrations for a total of 15 minutes at -35 Deg.
Processing: CCDops, Hidden Image, Photo Styler 1.0
Compare this image with those in Burnham's page 720, 721.

Notice that CCD's can show both the cores of the Galaxies and 'tails' in the same picture, where the photographic shots cannot.