NGC 3261 (Adam Block)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Vela (Vel) · Contains: NGC 3261

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NGC 3261

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NGC 3261

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There are bits of the sky still yet little admired in high resolution and in color. Here then is NGC 3261...

This isn't an unknown galaxy by any means. Indeed in a paper in 1993 an astronomer wrote: "This is another comparatively poorly studied galaxy despite its size and abundance of HII regions." Yet almost 30 years later there are still no high quality images of it! At 100 million light years away, it certainly *is* a challenge. It isn't much more than 2 arcminutes in size- but wow does it pack a galaxy of stuff! Well-defined arms and hot-pink star forming regions adorn the disk of this galaxy. I hope you enjoy the view as much as enjoy sharing it. Rarely are images published at their intrinsic scale or more such as this- it multiplies the challenges of processing considerably.

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Distribution of astrophotographers

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	Distinct awarded users	Total awarded images
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Top pick nominations

Distribution of subject types

This table shows the distribution of awards per subject type, compared to the popularity of images of that subject type.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Deep sky
Solar system
Extremely wide field
Star trails
Northern lights
Noctilucent clouds
Landscape

Distribution of data sources

This table shows the distribution of awards per data source, compared to the popularity of images acquired from that data source.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Backyard
Traveller
Own remote observatory
Amateur hosting facility
Public amaeteur data
Professional, scientific grade data
Mix of multiple sources
Other
Unknown

The “AstroBin Image of the Day and Top Picks”, or IOTD/TP, is a long-running system to promote beautiful, interesting, peculiar, or otherwise amazing astrophotographs, with a focus on technical excellence. Learn more.

Submitted The date and time when you submitted this image for IOTD/TP consideration.	...
Views by Submitters (available since September 19th, 2023) Every image is assigned to 50% of available Submitters. In the event that at least 80% of them don't view the image before its time in the IOTD/TP process expires, it's assigned to the other 50% of Submitters and the process begins anew.
Promotions by Submitters When 3 distinct Submitters promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for Top Pick status. This requirement, in addition to anonymization of images and distribution to only a subset of them, prevents biases and ensures that the best images are selected.
Promotions by Reviewers When 3 distinct Reviewers promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for IOTD status.
Early dismissal Staff members have a lot of images to inspect on a daily basis, and they can dismiss images if they believe they don't meet the requirements for IOTD/TP selection. If an image is dismissed 5 times, it's removed from the process. This streamlines the process and ensures that any bias present in promotions could be overruled by other staff members.

Status	Advanced success
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Astrometry.net job	4295553
PixInsight job	BWAOUCGLYXEB0PW5H94UH08G67JDX9IV
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	n/a

RA (center)	10h28m59s.131
RA (top/left)	10h29m21s.872
RA (top/right)	10h28m36s.981
RA (bottom/right)	10h28m36s.341
RA (bottom/left)	10h29m21s.347

Dec (center)	-44°39′19″.52
Dec (top/left)	-44°35′56″.27
Dec (top/right)	-44°35′48″.69
Dec (bottom/right)	-44°42′42″.49
Dec (bottom/left)	-44°42′49″.40

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