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Old 04-11-2024, 11:03 AM
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NGC 1300 The Sprinkler Galaxy

This is the proper first light using my new StarlightXpress TriusPro-814 Blue edition camera, the smaller pixels yielding a finer image scale, dropping from 0.84"/pix to 0.68"/pix... and I have to say, it is a bloody fantastic camera and well worth considering if you are looking for a small pixel camera

NGC 1300 is a classic barred spiral galaxy located about 65 Million light years away in the constellation Eridanus. The galaxy is about 110,000 light-years across.

So, why "The Sprinkler Galaxy?"...it reminds me of the overhead view of a two armed lawn sprinkler, spraying out two rotating streams of water

The conditions were really excellent across two of the three nights with clear calm transparent skies and excellent seeing, crossing the meridian some subs were hitting a FWHM of 1.3" but most sat consistently around 1.5"-1.6" the other night saw FWHM at 2.0" which is a little below the Eagleview average, so I utilised this period to collect some of the RGB.

See the image at:

AstroBin

PBase

And, for those who love surfing full frame deep galaxy images, marvelling at all the tiny background galaxies

So was the camera upgrade worth it..?? Well, the increased resolution is certainly very evident - SEE HERE

I'm very happy with this result...of course, I now have to reimage EVERYTHING! ......

Mike
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