NGC3981 Galaxy in Crater
(RA 11h 56.1m , Dec. -19° 54', 11.3 mag., 3.9 x 1 arcmin.)
This graceful though faint spiral galaxy is located 1°45' SW of Antennae - a pair of colliding galaxies in Corvus as well as 2°45' S of h Crateris (see finder chart below).
The above image was taken on January 14, 2002 from Harrowsmith, Ontario. Cookbook 245 LDC camera was used on Celestron Ultima 8 f6.3 telescope autoguided with Cookbook 211 LDC camera on a piggybacked 500mm f8 telephoto lens. Six white exposures (240 sec. each) were combined using AIP4WIN.
North is to the left.
Map created in Guide 7.0 - 7°45' x 7°45'. North is up.
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© Jan Wisniewski