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Old 17-02-2018, 11:30 AM
Placidus (Mike and Trish)
Narrowing the band

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NGC 3109 Hydra: Big Blue: Faint Magellanic Barred Spiral

This is a faint galaxy (surface brightness 14.4 mag/sq arc min) in Hydra.

Big one here

Wikipedia: The Galex ultraviolet image shows strong spiral arms and a central bar, but there is no nucleus. It is the smallest spiral in the local group.

Aspen CG16M on 20 inch PlaneWave on MI-760 mount. Luminance 14 x 30 mins unbinned. RGB: 90 mins each, 2x2 binned. Acquisition and processing all using our own in-house software. Seeing was 2.2 arc sec, ok for high summer at Euchareena.

At first glance, Big Blue here is the only galaxy in the image, but a deep surf through the original image shows two very nice pairs of interacting spirals, and quite a few very small and distant fellows also showing form, and typically a much more orange colour.

Really good to be back in the saddle.
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