Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Apus (Aps)  ·  Contains:  IC 4633  ·  IC 4635

Image of the day 05/16/2024

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IC4633, Wolfgang Promper
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IC4633

Image of the day 05/16/2024

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IC4633, Wolfgang Promper
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IC4633

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IC4633 in Apus
I was always fascinated by this region since my first attempt to image it in 2006.
It is a quite difficult target even from Namibia as my latitude is -23 so the highest altitude for IC4633 is about 36 degrees.
So all the data was shot between 30 and 36 degrees and altitude where I usually avoid to image.
The seeing was not very good last week as well so I had to set my limit to 2.2" for this.
It would have been nice to have a bit more resolution on the galaxies but it is what it is.
Hope you enjoy it.
Wolfgang

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IC4633, Wolfgang Promper