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NGC 3938

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NGC 3938 - Color

NGC 3938

A beautiful spiral galaxy lying deep in a field of stars. NGC 3938 is about 43 million light years away. For perspective, the bright star in the upper left of the picture lies only 140 light years away.

12 1/2 ” Ritchey-Chretien Telescope with an ST10XE/CFW8. F/6LRGB(43/7minL, 10/5min2x2RGB scaled on Maxim DL at 1.3R, 1.0G and 1.7B.