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Old 08-09-2016, 01:34 PM
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NGC 6769, NGC 6770 and NGC 6771

A less often imaged but interesting field highlighting the three interacting galaxies in Pavo known as "The Devil's Mask".

See the small labelled version below to see which galaxy is which in the frame, including some of the brighter "faint fuzzies". There are heaps more that are unlabelled.

Seeing was average to poor (2.1 to 2.7 arcsec FWHM) with the best seeing happening on the night that I gathered the RGB. Consequently, I generated a synthetic Lum from the RGB (90 mins) to improve (slightly) the detail and noise profile of the main Lum master (5.5 hours). Total of 11.5 hours integration using 15 min subs.

Full Frame, Full Res (Use Cntrl + and - to zoom in and out in your browser):
http://www.pbase.com/gailmarc/image/164033711/original


Despite the less than optimal seeing and small size of the target(s), I'm happy with it.

Cheers,
Marcus
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