Centaurus Chain Galaxy field in RGB (with too many galaxies to count) (Ian Parr)

Centaurus Chain Galaxy field in RGB (with too many galaxies to count)

Centaurus is a galaxy hunters paradise! While the 127is on the MYT with my venerable QSI690 CCD worked quietly on the previous NGC 4650 field, the Red Cat 71 on the AM5 with the CMOS ZWO2600MM Pro controlled by ASI Air went after the wider field. ASI Air is no where near as flexible as Sequence Generator BUT it is a dream to setup and it gets the job done with very little fuss ,which is handy as running two scopes might lead to further hair loss.

This field contains 14 NGC objects, including NGC 4650 centered and the rather amazing NGC 4650 A above. It also contains 394 PGC Galaxies (!) and that deserves a bit more exposure time but Astrobin's solver is really choking on that one!

But, for the happy coincidence of a new moon and a two nights of clear sky (bracketed by weeks of cloud and some record breaking rain ), I am very grateful.

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Distribution of astrophotographers

This table shows the number of distinct astrophotographers who have been assigned and IOTD/TP award compared to the total number of images awarded.
	Distinct awarded users	Total awarded images
Image of the day
Top picks
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.

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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.

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