Copeland's Septet
Extremely compact group of galaxies in Leo, only about five arc minutes in size. The seven galaxies that Copeland observed (in 1874) all have NGC numbers (3748, 3754, 3750, 3751, 3745, 3753 and 3746), and are over 400 million light years from the Solar System. Click on the image for a fullscreen version.
Below: The original wide-field image from which the image above was cropped. Click on the image for a fullscreen version.
Below: Other NGC galaxies recorded in the original wide-field image.
 NGC 3808 and NGC 3808B |
 NGC3772 |
11-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope; dedicated astro camera.
