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Old 11-05-2012, 01:47 PM
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NGC 5304 deep field

Finally got some colour data for this galaxy cluster...which given the time I spent on this sucker is something of a disappointment, as most of the galaxies are yellowed, I suspect by their considerable distance and intervening dust & gas, plus the bulk of the field stars saturated out to white.

That said, the image is quite deep...the original data would suggest mag 20...not bad for a telescope in a suburban back-yard

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