Three very different galaxies in Grus. NGC 7162A toward top left is a distorted face-on spiral undergoing a burst of star formation and is noticeably blue. NGC 7166 is a large (and presumably more distant) elliptical, red, featureless. NGC 7162 to the right is a more typical half-face-on spiral.
Full field here
Field 38 min arc, north up.
Each galaxy is around magnitude 12 to 12.5. There are very few images of them out there to compare to.
There are squillions of other tiny galaxies - many spirals, a couple faint magellanic beasties, scattered about.
FLI PL16803 on 20 inch PlaneWave. Lum: 7 hrs. RGB: 3h30 per channel.
As usual, all robotics, motor control electronics and firmware, and all control, acquisition and processing software written/built in house by us.
We've been out of the game for about 6 months due to the death of our third generator, the decision to go solar, and the usual effects of Covid on imports. We went with 4.8 KWH worth of batteries/inverter from Mobile Power Solutions in Qld. Superb.