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Old 23-01-2015, 12:02 PM
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The Spanish Dancer again--NGC 1566

http://www.astrobin.com/150681/
This was taken over the last new moon period.
Exposure: R G B L-> 70 60 60 100
Mount AP900
Telescope: 12.5" Plane Wave CDK
Camera: FLI Proline 16803.

I did my usual thing of looking up other postings on IIS for this object. No two are alike! The colour variation is wide, wide, wide.

This is the brightest member of a nearby galaxy group in Dorado and is about 50 million light years away. It is one of the brightest Seyfert galaxies.
Geoff
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