This galaxy season I wanted to touch on a few galaxy clusters. I’ve photographed the Leo Triplet before but never the Leo Quartet. The NGC 3190 group is also known as Hickson 44 or Arp 316. It is a compact group of galaxies located in the constellation Leo. The galaxies are about 100 million light-years from earth.
Here’s a breakdown of its members:
NGC 3190: A spiral galaxy with a prominent dust lane, viewed nearly edge-on.
NGC 3193: An elliptical galaxy, appearing as a relatively featureless glow.
NGC 3187: A barred spiral galaxy with distorted, S-shaped arms, giving it a peculiar appearance.
NGC 3185: A barred spiral galaxy with a ring-like outer structure.
Image capture using APT 4.6, Image processing with PixInsight.
