The Stellar Tidal Stream in the Magellanic-type galaxy NGC 4449- detail with inset

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Main image:

This image was produced with a RCOS half meter telescope, Apogee Alta U16M camera and Astrodon E-Series filters. Exposure times: 1,080 minutes Luminance, 240 minutes Red, 240 minutes Green, 240 minutes Blue (All 1X1)

Inset image:

Synthetic luminace for the inset image was produced by combining 5 minute exposures through G, I, R and OIII filters with the 8.2 meter Subaru telescope (NAOJ). Subaru exposures were collected by Aaron Romanowsky (UCSC) and Jacob Arnold (UCSC).

Color for the inset image was produced with a RCOS half meter telescope, Apogee Alta U16M camera and Astrodon E-Series filters. Exposure times: 990 minutes Luminance, 240 minutes Red, 240 minutes Green, 240 minutes Blue (All 1X1)

Image copyright ©2009- 2012 R Jay GaBany; Inset by: R. J. GaBany (Blackbird Observatories), Aaron Romanowsky (UCSC) & and Jacob Arnold (UCSC) in collaboration with D. Martínez-Delgado (MPIA); National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ).











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