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Old 18-12-2007, 08:22 PM
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NGC1566 Spiral Galaxy

After seeing only a few images of this particular galaxy in Dorado, we thought we would give it a try. We hadn't realised it was so small

We looked at the first frame on the laptop and both said "where is it". And there it was just a faint smudge.

It's taken quite a while to process to get anything half decent. So here it is anyway bloated stars and all. Don't blink you might miss it

Pentax DSLR 6 light frames each 5 mins ISO800 ICNR stacked DSS processed in PS CS2 Heavily cropped. Have included the original stack and processed stack

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This is a very nice little galaxy. Plenty of surface brightness and detail. Love to see someone with special equipment do this one.

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