Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sculptor (Scl)  ·  Contains:  NGC 55
Whale Galaxy NGC55 in Sculptor - Sadr Chili, 



    
        

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Whale Galaxy NGC55 in Sculptor - Sadr Chili

Whale Galaxy NGC55 in Sculptor - Sadr Chili, 



    
        

            Arnaud Peel
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Whale Galaxy NGC55 in Sculptor - Sadr Chili

Acquisition details

Dates:
Sept. 1, 2019
Frames:
Baader L: 25×600(4h 10′) bin 1×1
Baader RVB: 30×119(59′ 30″) bin 2×2
Integration:
5h 9′ 30″
Avg. Moon age:
2.42 days
Avg. Moon phase:
6.47%

RA center: 00h15m04s.970

DEC center: -39°1408.91

Pixel scale: 0.695 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -6.511 degrees

Field radius: 0.485 degrees

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Resolution: 3544x3544

File size: 4.4 MB

Locations: Sadr Chili, Ovalle, Chile

Data source: Amateur hosting facility

Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility

Description

Another splendor of the Southern Sky , NGC55 realized with the 14'' newton at 1781mm focal lenght and a 16200-6µm captor.

Personnaly , I see more a roman sword or even a racing elongated car than a whale , tell me what you think ?

WIKI : NGC 55, also occasionally referred to as The Whale Galaxy, is a Magellanic type barred spiral galaxy located about 7 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor. Along with its neighbor NGC 300, it is one of the closest galaxies to the Local Group, probably lying between the Milky Way and the Sculptor Group

Red [email protected] bin 2X2 -20°C

Blue [email protected] bin 2X2 -20°C

Green [email protected] bin 2X2 -20°C

Light [email protected] -20°C

2 Nights : 31/01 August and 01/02 September

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Whale Galaxy NGC55 in Sculptor - Sadr Chili, 



    
        

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