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Many galaxies hiding in the star field of Cen near the border with Hya - a very barren "star desert" otherwise), Alexandr Zaytsev
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Many galaxies hiding in the star field of Cen near the border with Hya - a very barren "star desert" otherwise)

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Many galaxies hiding in the star field of Cen near the border with Hya - a very barren "star desert" otherwise), Alexandr Zaytsev
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Many galaxies hiding in the star field of Cen near the border with Hya - a very barren "star desert" otherwise)

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105min integral LRGB exposure for the star field in Cen featuring many galaxies belonging to Centaurus Cluster (A3526) [1] - captured remotely using Telescope #4 (Nikkor 200mm f/2, FLI Microline 16200) system of ChileScope observatory, also known as VST - a Very Small Telescope)), over two separate imaging sessions carried out on Dec 17 and 20, 2020.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurus_Cluster

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