NGC 2859


Combination of 5, 3 minute images unfiltered.
SBIG STL-1001E CCD. 20" f/6.8 Dall-Kirkham cassegrain telescope at prime focus.

NGC 2859 is a rather small and moderately spiral galaxy in Leo Minor. It is classified as SB0, but the halo appears as a circular ring apparently detached from the inner disk. This outher halo was not noticed visually.