Thread: NGC 45 in Cetus
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Old 06-10-2019, 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by ChrisV View Post
Amazing. That's a seriously small Galaxy - looks more like it's going to get eaten by the foreground stars
Cheers Chris, yeah it's a lot smaller than the popular brighter galaxies usually imaged this time of year (eg NGC 253, 300, 55 and 247 etc) but plenty big enough to still show some nice details and the pairing with the bright star is pretty uncommon.

Mike
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