Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Ara (Ara)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6300
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NGC6300 & its kaleidoscopic star-field (debut image), aikd
NGC6300 & its kaleidoscopic star-field (debut image)
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NGC6300 & its kaleidoscopic star-field (debut image)

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NGC6300 & its kaleidoscopic star-field (debut image), aikd
NGC6300 & its kaleidoscopic star-field (debut image)
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NGC6300 & its kaleidoscopic star-field (debut image)

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Description

NGC6300
Size: 5.3' x 3.4'
A type II Seyfert galaxy with a massive black hole at the center, located in a star filled patch.

Imagining under full moon and lack of regular structures made it a rather difficult to process data set.

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  • NGC6300 & its kaleidoscopic star-field (debut image), aikd
    Original
  • NGC6300 & its kaleidoscopic star-field (debut image), aikd
    B
  • NGC6300 & its kaleidoscopic star-field (debut image), aikd
    C
  • Final
    NGC6300 & its kaleidoscopic star-field (debut image), aikd
    D

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NGC6300 & its kaleidoscopic star-field (debut image), aikd