The Tadpole Galaxy is a disrupted barred spiral galaxy located 400 million light years from Earth toward the northern constellation Draco. Its most dramatic features are a trail of stars about 280 thousand light-years long and massive, bright blue star clusters.

 

RA 16h 06m 13s, Dec 55d 25m 55s
 Pos Angle +170° 14', FL 1750.7 mm, 0.87"/Pixel

Optics and mount: Meade 10" ACF f/7 on Takahashi Em-200
Camera: Artemis 4021. Guided with MiniBorg 60ED and DSI pro II.
Filters: LRGB Astrodon Gen. 2
Exposures:  L:20 x 600 RGB: 7 x 600 bin 1x1.
Software: Maxim DL (Guiding, calib), Photoshop CS2.
Date and Location 10-19.09.2009 / 59 11 47.83 N. - 10 22 29.33 E

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