Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Grus (Gru)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7496  ·  NGC 7531  ·  NGC 7552  ·  NGC 7582  ·  NGC 7590  ·  NGC 7599  ·  The star θ Gru  ·  The star φ Gru
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The Grus Quartet  Widefield in RGB, Ian Parr
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The Grus Quartet Widefield in RGB

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The Grus Quartet  Widefield in RGB, Ian Parr
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The Grus Quartet Widefield in RGB

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The Grus Quartect comprises 4 large spiral galaxies about 60-70 million light years from earth. It contains NGC 7552, a magnitude 11.2 barred spiral galaxy, with two spiral arms forming an outer pseudo-ringis about 56 Millon light years from earth, NGC 7582 Mag 11.37 about 69 millon lights years away, NGC 7590 a magnitude 13.76  active galaxy about 99 Million lights years from earth, and NGC 7559 Magnitude 11.41 about 72.4 lights years away.

Another highly enjoyable run with the new AM5 carrying a Redcat 71 and an ASI 6200 mono Cmos camera with a 7 filter wheel managed through ASIAIR on my tablet.

Too easy!

All I need now is a Bortle 2 sky to really put it to good use.

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The Grus Quartet  Widefield in RGB, Ian Parr