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Old 03-08-2013, 04:45 AM
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The Devil's Mask in Pavo

Ok kokay, here's a galaxy in fact three, all having a little dance

At 160 Million Ltyrs, the two spirals NGC 6769 and 6770 are very small galaxies on the sky, each measuring only about 2' in size so it was a real test of the resolution of the new system. The seeing varied across the 4+ hrs of Lum but at times it was actually pretty good too, so hallelujah .

The Devils Mask

Here are just his EYES

To help identify the little details better, here is a Comparison with 8m VLT image

Some super faint star streams linking the galaxies can be seen HERE

Hope you like

Mike
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