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Old 06-09-2024, 10:53 PM
Dave882 (David)
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NGC300 - The Sculptor Pinwheel

NGC 300 is often considered a member of the Sculptor group, although probably in the foreground and bound gravitationally to NGC 55. Quite a pretty and colourful galaxy this one, with lots of HII regions scattered throughout and groups of young hot blue stars.

It's so close to us (only a mere 6Mly away) that I can't even properly fit her into my c14's fov, so i thought I'd crank the Hyperstar out for the first time in AGES and with the benefit of a string of clear nights in a run (on a new moon), throw some proper hours at it.

So here is the result of 28hrs total integration - miraculously shot all within the same week!! All using the Antila triband RGB filter. A future project will be to shoot at 2670mm fl with the 3nm Ha/oiii dualband and see all those emissions in their full glory!

HIGHER RES IMAGE HERE

C14 non edge @f1.9 with the Starizona Hyperstar v3 (f1.9, 680ish mm fl)
EQ8 pro
Asi2600mc pro gain 0
Asi220mm / guidescope
ZWO EAF
ASIAIR pro / APP / PI

Comments and suggestions welcome. Thanks for looking!
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Last edited by Dave882; 07-09-2024 at 05:28 PM.
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