Date 2009	Location Fredericksburg TX	Software CCDSoft, CCDStack	Mount Paramount ME	Guide STL-11000M
Optic RCOS 14.5"	Camera STL-11000M	Filter Astrodon C/R-G-B	Exposure 900s/600s (2 x 2)	Process Photoshop CS2

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NGC 2903 in Leo

'Is some 20,000,000 light-years away and is one of the brightest galaxies visible from the northern hemisphere.  Just a little smaller than our own Milky Way, NGC 2903 is about 80,000 light-years across and displays an exceptional rate of star formation activity near its core in visible light– but it also screams bright in radio, infrared, ultraviolet, and x-ray bands.'  For the rest of Tammy Plotner's excellent write-up at Universe Today please see Here.  I am once again grateful to my friend David Plesko and Cherry Mountain Observatory for the wonderful data.  Click for a larger version or return to the Gallery