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NGC 300 Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
Capture NGC 300 Southern Pinwheel Galaxy over 2 nights here on the South Coast NSW under clear skies and good conditions
Only the second time I’ve captured this magnitude 9 dim galaxy located in Sculptor
Not to be confused with M83 which has the same name description.I’ve read that it is also called the “Spiral galaxy in Sculptor”. Any other references to its name ?
NexDome Obs
8” f5 GSO newt
Skywatcher EQ6-R mount
ZWOASI2600MC set in Ascom to highest dynamic range Gain 0 , cooled to -10C
No filters
82 x 3 minute dithered guided subs
Tracking and Goto EQMOD and Ascom Stellarium
Captured in APT
PHD2 Multistar guiding ( best guiding numbers for this rig towards the end of each night 0.58 arc sec error total , Ra 0.43 and Dec 0.41 )
Subs reviewed in Astap
Stacked in DSS
Processed in Startools V1.7 OSC Linear data set
Comments welcome
Thanks
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