Exposures: 2 hrs 20 min min lum (10 min subs) and 35 min each of RGB (5 min subs) for total of 4 hrs 5 min.
Lord Rosse a mid 19th century astronomer who had several telescopes built (including a 72" telescope known as the "Leviathan of Parsonstown") identified spiral structures within the galaxy, making this one of the first galaxies in which such structure was identified (Jones, 1991).
FOV =23 x 15 arc minutes
37 million light years away
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