NGC 2997

Combination of a 5 minute and a 6 minute images.
Meade 416xt CCD. 8" f/6 newtonian telescope at prime focus.

NGC 2997 is a face-on spiral galaxy in Antila. Although reasonably large, the galaxy is not particularly bright and no trace of the spiral structure is vilible in a small to medium telescope. In such an instrument the galaxy appears as an even eliptical hazy with a bright nucleus.

Combination of 2, 5 minute images.
Meade 416xt CCD. 300mm f/6 newtonian telescope at prime focus.

Combination of 20, 3 minute images, SBIG STL-1001E CCD.
300mm f/18 cassegrain telescope at prime focus.

Combination of 20, 3 minute exposures unfiltered.
SBIG STL-1001E CCD camera. 300mm f/6 newtonian telescope at prime focus.