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Image of the day 08/25/2016

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    Galaxies in Grus, 



    
        

            Rick Stevenson
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    Galaxies in Grus

    Image of the day 08/25/2016

    Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
      Galaxies in Grus, 



    
        

            Rick Stevenson
      Galaxies in Grus
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      Galaxies in Grus

      Acquisition details

      Frames:
      Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series: 12×900(3h) bin 1×1
      Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series: 12×900(3h) bin 1×1
      Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series: 36×600(6h) bin 1×1
      Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series: 14×900(3h 30′) bin 1×1
      Integration:
      15h 30′

      Basic astrometry details

      Astrometry.net job: 1203686

      RA center: 23h17m03s.4

      DEC center: -42°3151

      Pixel scale: 1.599 arcsec/pixel

      Orientation: -89.865 degrees

      Field radius: 1.649 degrees

      Resolution: 5870x4546

      File size: 11.6 MB

      Description

      The four large galaxies towards the centre of the field are the Grus Quartet but the field contains many other galaxies (more than 800 NGC and PGC galaxies in the full field.) Captured at the Queensland Astrofest (Australia) over a few nights in August 2016.

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