Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sculptor (Scl)  ·  Contains:  HD5403  ·  NGC 300
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NGC300, Georg N. Nyman
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NGC300

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NGC300

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One of the closest galaxies with regard of distance to Earth ist NGC300. It is, depending on source somewhere between 5 and 6.5 Mio LJ distant and its diameter - again depending on source is about 94000LJ - some write 45000LJ.

Its inclination angle is 42degress and it contains former SuperNovas, new stars and also a Wolf-Rayet star... and it shows are very fine granulated structure.

Here it is - CDK24 (TL) with FLI-PL9000 and LRGB filters. 16hours exposure time in total. Processing in APP, PixInsight and Photoshop.

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NGC300, Georg N. Nyman