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Old 17-08-2013, 01:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Shiraz View Post
outstanding effort Rick - that is only mag24 surface brightness isn't it? To get such detail and colour on something that dim is exceptional. Regards Ray
According to the LEDA galaxy catalogue NGC 7424 has a fairly dim surface brightness of 23.395 mag/square arc sec compared to NGC 6744 in Pavo at a slightly brighter 22.680 mag/square arc sec

Mike
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