NGC2992

This image was taken at SSRO-S’s telescope on Cerro Tololo (CTIO), Chile. Off-axis guided using Astrodon MOAG and SBIG ST402.  Astrodon LRGB 1.25" filters in SBIG CFW10. All exposures unbinned.  Darks, biases and sky flats.  Camera set at -20C.   NGC2992, the central extended galaxy and the companion galaxy, NGC2993 (lower) in Hydra have been designated at Arp 245.  These are both ~mag 12.6 galaxies.  The evidence of interaction is clearly present, including an elongated tidal tail extending beyond NGC2993.  The field of view is approx 10 x 10 arcminutes and north is up.