Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Fornax (For)  ·  Contains:  NGC 1380  ·  NGC 1381  ·  NGC 1382  ·  NGC 1386  ·  NGC 1387  ·  NGC 1389  ·  NGC 1399  ·  NGC 1404
A Small View of Fornax Galaxy Cluster With About 80 Million Light Years of Deepness, Fernando
A Small View of Fornax Galaxy Cluster With About 80 Million Light Years of Deepness
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A Small View of Fornax Galaxy Cluster With About 80 Million Light Years of Deepness

A Small View of Fornax Galaxy Cluster With About 80 Million Light Years of Deepness, Fernando
A Small View of Fornax Galaxy Cluster With About 80 Million Light Years of Deepness
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A Small View of Fornax Galaxy Cluster With About 80 Million Light Years of Deepness

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This is a small view of the Fornax Galaxies, where several galaxies belonging to the NGC and, mainly, the PGC catalogues are visible.

To have a real experience with this image, one should look at full resolution. Allow a little time for the image to download to your computer. It is worthy

I have the plate solve of this image shown in The Sky X - Pro, where a vast plethora of galaxies can be seen.

Unfortunatelly, the PGC catalogues are still unclomplete in therms of information for all the galaxies.

The Image:

Frame counting: 50

Time of each: 300 sec.

Telescope: Skywatcher Esprit 120mm f/7

Camera: ASI 1600MC-C @ -26C below ambient temperature.

Bias, Darks and Flats applied

Processing and post-processing in Pixinsight 1.8.5

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A Small View of Fornax Galaxy Cluster With About 80 Million Light Years of Deepness, Fernando