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NGC 4038 and 4039 colliding. This is only 50 minutes with TS115 and heavily stretched to bring out the tails - worth revisiting to get a few hours of exposure.
NGC 4027 is an odd shaped single arm galaxy at the bottom of the frame
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Boy Tony, you sure crammed in a lot of work in one night! Very nice result given the limited data on such a small and faint object, you must have nice dark skies out there.
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Galaxy cluster in Virgo. More time would be good for this one to bring out faint features. I was mainly concerned with trying different targets in the not-so-great conditions to see what I could get.
TS115, 15x4 min
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I think your result is very promising for when conditions improve. Can't wait to see them when it does. Nicely done.
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The brightest galaxy here is ngc 4696, 145 million light years distant.
Lots of small galaxies to see in the image if you put your glasses on
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This one came up a treat, soooo many faint fuzzies to ponder over, makes a very interesting shot, I'll have to have a go at this some time. Didn't realise the Centaurus galaxy cluster was so populated.
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ngc 4945 and a couple of friends with the refractor.
7x4 min plus 4x6 min.
The second image is a sub showing the view through thin cloud which wasn't helping.
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Who would of thought you could extract such a great image of this galaxy with those subs. Your post processing skills are very efficient! Nice shot, I took this galaxy from suburban Melbourne a year or two ago with an SW Esprit 100, a similar shot but yours is better. Great job!
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The refractor sure is easier to image with in less than perfect conditions. Thin cloud and strong winds weren't helping last night but I managed to image a few clusters.
There's a gazillion galaxies in the image, but it's like finding head lice at this scale - the object is better suited to a larger scope I feel. Still fun to look at though
14x4 min, TS115 with .8 reducer, Nikon d5600.
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Another great galaxy cluster shot, you are kicking goals there, Tony. What focal length is your TS115? You have to be happy with that!