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NGC 1365 - The Great Barred Galaxy
Found in the constellation Fornax, NGC1365, or The Great Barred Galaxy, is one of the largest galaxies known.
At 200,000 light years across it's about twice the size of the Milky Way.
It's approx 56 million light years away, and has a visual magnitude of 9.5.
NGC 1386 is over to the right, with a number of smaller galaxies in there as well.
I experimented with shorter exposures on this image. Normally I would take 300sec subs, and toss away quite a few due to satellite trails or guiding errors.
With this image I took 162 x 45sec subs. Two had guiding errors, and I told DSS to only use the best 95%. I'm quite happy with the result.
Details:
GSO 250 F4 reflector
SW AZ-EQ6
Baader MPCC3
Canon 1000D
ISO 800
Backyard EOS
Deep Sky Stacker
StarTools
152 x 45sec subs
Darks added, no flats
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