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Old 12-05-2018, 04:52 PM
markas (Mark)
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Ngc 5068 - 5084

This was shot from Macedon 8th May - the sky cleared for once!!!!
The two galaxies aren't often imaged singly or together. Time was very limited, so it is just 3hr RGB. I'd like to hope I can add to the data, but all the pointers are that it won't be this May...

FOV of the main pic is ~70' x 100', and the two crops are ~ 20' x 22'.

In the full image I counted 15+ galaxies - some very faint.

Final LRGB image processed in Pixinsight - a synthetic L built from all 36 subs.

Telescope alignment is not quite spot on - I hope only one iteration away!

Incidentally, the spiral on the left is about 22Mly distant, but the lenticular on the right is 80Mly away. It is really massive - about 10 times the size of the Milky Way!
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