This interesting duo of small but nice spiral galaxies NGC 5908 (edge-on) and NGC 5905 (face-on) is situated about 140 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Draco, near the well-known Splinter galaxy NGC 5907.

Optics:       NoName Newton 192/800
                   +GPU c.c.
Camera:    Atik One 6
Filters:        LRGB Baader
Mount:      SW AZEQ-5
Guider:       Lacerta MGEN
Exposure:  25 x5 min. (L)
                       12x5 min. (R, G, B each), bin 2x2
Software:   PixInsight, Photoshop
28.-30.6. 2019

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