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NGC247
This is an image of NGC247. It is a spiral galaxy about 11 Million light years away in the constellation of Cetus. It is part of the Sculptor group of galaxies, which includes NGC253. You can notice many of the background galaxies in the upper and lower right of the image
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Comment by Bernard Miller on January 2, 2013 at 7:31pm
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Jeffrey,
Here are the details.
Telescope: TEC-140 (F7)
Camera: SBIG ST-8300M
Mount: AP900 GTO
Luminance: 18x20 minutes (binned 1x1)
Red: 8x15 minutes (binned 2x2)
Green: 8x15 minutes (binned 2x2)
Blue: 8x15 minutes (binned 2x2)
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Comment by Jeffrey P Nunnari on January 2, 2013 at 7:00pm
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Hmmm, if we only knew how you did it . . . .
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Thanks Trevor.
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Comment by Trevor Woodrow on December 18, 2012 at 9:47pm
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Hell I'd be happy if I just hit something like one of your background galaxies....your actual target object is just incredible.
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I know. The background galaxies turned out much better than I expected.
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Comment by Steve Coates on December 17, 2012 at 1:26pm
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Another fine image. Look at all of those galaxies!
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Thanks Marc.
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Comment by Marc Basti on December 16, 2012 at 12:18pm
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Always enjoy your pics. Nice work, Marc
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