Telescope: 20in RC Optical Systems telescope at f/8.4  Camera: SBIG ST10XME with color filter wheel Exposure Time:  165 minutes

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Image Credit - Gert Gottschalk and Sibylle Froehlich/Adam Block/NOAO/AURA/NSF

Here is the original (full size) picture of this galaxy at the astrophotographer's website.

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