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Hickson 44 – Final Color

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Hickson 44 - Chile

Hickson 44 – Chile

Hickson 44 is a quartet of galaxies in Leo. The group lies at an average distance of 77 million lyrs.

The most prominent examples of interaction are the warped dust lanes in NGC3190 in the middle and the winged arms of NGC3187 below it.

PlaneWave 12.5″ Astrograph with ZWO ASI 6200 camera, Astrodon filters and ASA gearless DDM-85 mount. F/8 LRGB (75/4min L, 10/4min RGB each, all 2×2 bin).