NGC3227, Interacting Galaxies in Leo

3227 NGC3227, Interacting Galaxies in Leo

NGC 3227

Interacting Galaxies in Leo

Image Information
Date Imaged	03/31/2011
Location Imaged From	Tierra del Sol, CA
Equipment	Telescope: Astro Tech 203mm RC Mount: Losmandy G-11 w/Gemini Camera: SBIG ST-2000XM Focal Ratio: f/8.0
Exposure Information	L - 60
Data collection using: CCD Commander ASCOM POTH MaxPoint CCDSoft FocusMax PinPoint TheSky6 Pro Image Calibration - Maxim DL Image Registration - Maxim DL Image Stacking - Maxim DL Luminace imade Deconvolved 25 iterations in CCD Stack Post processing in Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended NGC 3227 is a spiral galaxy that is interacting with the dwarf elliptical galaxy NGC 3226. The two galaxies are one of several examples of a spiral with a dwarf elliptical companion that are listed in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies. Both galaxies may be found in the constellation Leo. Sir William Herschel already recognised them as a 'double nebula' and they were jointly listed as Holm 187 in the Catalogue of Double and Multiple Galaxies and Arp 94 in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies. Amateur telescopes can discern them but require magnification of about a 100 times. They are situated 50' east of the well-known double star system Gamma Leonis (i.e. Algieba).