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Old 15-08-2015, 06:17 PM
Stevec35 (Steve)
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A less often imaged galaxy cluster

As far as I can recall this is the first time I've ventured into the constellation of Telescopium. NGC 6868 is the elliptical galaxy at the centre and the brightest in this little cluster (magnitude 10.6). The most interesting looking galaxy is of course the spiral NGC 6870 below it. The second brightest is NGC 6868 over to the left which owing to my poor composition skills I've managed to partially chop off. There are lots of smaller galaxies in the field.

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Steve

http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/n...11002_RC14.htm
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