This spiral galaxy lies about 40 million ly away in the southern constellation of Columba. It was used with the Hubble Space Telescope in the project to establish the rate of the expansion of the universe known as the Hubble Constant. There are over 20 smaller, distant galaxies in the field.
Planewave 12 1/2″ CDK Astrograph with an ST11000 camera, Astrodon filters, and ASA gearless DDM-60 mount. F/8 unguided LRGB (60/6min L, 10/6min each 2×2 RGB).