• NGC 5560, an Interacting Galaxy in Virgo
    • NGC5560
    Annotated image
  • Arp 286 is a trio of interacting galaxies in Virgo
  • which includes the larger barred spiral galaxy
  • NGC 5566 and the small, face-on spiral
  • galaxy NGC 5569.  I find the egde-on
  • gravitationally distorted galaxy
  • NGC 5560 the most interesting.
  • Hover over the image for an annotated view.
  • Date:  11 April 2026
  • FOV:  cropped to 25' × 16' 40"; NGC 5560 is about 5.4'
  • Rotation:  −179.929°
  • Telescope:  Celestron C14 SCT (3910mm, f/11)
  • Starizona SCT Coma Corrector/Reducer (2652.5mm, f/7.5)
  • Guiding:  ZWO183 MM
  • Computer:  ASIair plus 256GB
  • Mount:  iOptron CEM120
  • Camera:  ZWO ASI2600MC Pro Cooled (0°C) Color CMOS with gain 100
  • Pixel size:  3.76 μm
  • Resolution:  0.293 arcsec/pixel
  • Filter:  Optolong UV/IR
  • Stacking:  fifty-eight 300 second frames using PixInsight
  • Calibration frames: 20 dark, 20 flat, 20 dark flat
  • Total Time:  4 hours 50 minutes
  • Processing:  Pixinsight – DBE, SPCC, BlurXT, NoiseXT → Linear
  • HTS, GHS, MStr, MAS, PixelMath MStr + GHS + HST + MAS → Stars,
  • Linear, StarXT, MAS, HDRMST6PhLm; Sat → Starless
  • PixelMath ~(~Starless*~Stars) → Blend
  • Location:  Darling Hill Observatory in Vesper, NY