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Old 15-04-2013, 05:54 PM
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Southern Virgo Deep Field - enhanced colour version added

Here is a 1.8deg X 1.8deg field encompassing galaxies NGC 5068 and 5084 (along with many others) in Southern Virgo

This is my longest and thus deepest exposure using the AG12 and totalled 9 hrs all up. Under the dark skies of rural ACT this has allowed me to go very deep.

In the full frame colour version I have tried to keep the masses of galactic cirrus balanced and appropriately bright (well, dim..) compared to the much brighter galaxies to hopefully display a believable field

Here is the FULL FRAME

And as usual I have produced some variations to showcase what is actually there, as well as some close up crops to see the details - you can see them all HERE (click on Original size at the very bottom of an image page)
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