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Old 30-12-2009, 08:37 AM
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Halo around NGC 2822

A shot of NGC 2822 from last night.
This is a difficult object because of it's proximity to
Miaplacidus (Beta Carina).
There are not many shots of this object on the internet to
compare this field to.

Camera was cooled to 10°C with ambient at 29°C
Seeing was quite good last night but deteriorated after midnight.
Moon was about 90% full.

Edit: Added my shot rotated 180° and a comparison DeepSkySurvey/SERC frame from Aladin.
Resolution is pretty good in my image.
The Aladin database shows 3 X-ray sources in this field, shown as blue crosses.

Steve
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Last edited by kinetic; 30-12-2009 at 09:18 AM.
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