This Galaxy is placed close to the big dipper area - and has a distance of 27 mio Lightyears.
Brightness equals something like 30 000 000 000 suns. Click for details.
Data : 5 x 10 minutes - unguided at our 16" SCT - running f6.3. Canon EOS 10D - 1600 ASA
Photographers : Bjarke, Marcus and Kasper - starting at 11-04-2005 21:15:27 UT - ending 21:55:47 UT.
Amateur images at Seeds - selection 1 - selection 2.