The easternmost of a chain of three bright galaxies in the Dragon, and by far the most interesting. This 11.9 magnitude spiral is classed Sb, and displays a prominent yellow core surrounded by bluish white luminous arms. Few HII regions are seen, being at the 2 arcsecond size and smaller limit. There is an anonymous 16th magnitude galaxy on the right side of the field. Also note the "plumes" extending downward from the lower spiral arm.

Processing: DDP, RL Deconvolution.

Instrument:  12.5" f/5 Home made Newtonian
Platform:  Astrophysics 1200 QMD
CCD Camera:  SBIG ST7E w/Enhanced Cooling
Exposure:  LRGB = 60:20:20:20 (RGB Binned 2x2)
RGB Combine Ratio:  1: .95: 1.8
Filters:  RGB Tricolor
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FMHW = 2.5 arcsec, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  20 C
CCD Temperature:  -15 C
Processing:  Maxim DL, Photoshop, AIP4WIN, PW Pro.

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