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Old 05-10-2014, 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Placidus View Post
Hi, Mike,

Superb, beautiful image, with excellent balance between the detail in the bright core and the faint and delicate outer spiral arms. Lovely work.

Best,
Mike
Cheers Mike

Even though it is a huge galaxy, at 75 Million light years the central bright core is only 2' in size (say compared to the 11 Million ltyrs and 26' size of nearby NGC 253) so getting detail in that area is a challenge and is completely at the mercy of the seeing...in the end we have to make the most of what we have

Mike
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