NGC 3742

is a barred spiral galaxy located around 125 million light years away in Centaurus. The apparent size in the field of view is around 2’. At a magnitude of 12.1 the galaxy is relatively faint. Also in Centaurus, NGC 3749 is a spiral galaxy seen edge on. It is situated 130 million light years from Earth.

Both galaxies have been rarely imaged.

Imaged in LRGB on our PlaneWave CDK 1000 for Luminance and PlaneWave CDK 700 for RGB at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.