IC 5332 More than Meets the Eye (Alex Woronow)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Sculptor (Scl) · Contains: IC 5332 · PGC 132690 · PGC 199257 · PGC 638781 · PGC 638995 · PGC 639196 · PGC 639260 · PGC 639285 · PGC 639401 · PGC 639553 · PGC 639985 · PGC 640784 · PGC 640959 · PGC 641046 · PGC 641683 · PGC 641886 · PGC 642205 · PGC 642348 · PGC 642397

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IC 5332 More than Meets the Eye

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IC 5332 More than Meets the Eye

IC 5332: More than Meets the Eye

OTA: CDK24” f/6.5
Camera: Moravian C3-61000 Pro, 2x2 binned at capture
Observatory: Heaven's Mirror, Chile

Exposures:
R: 17 x 900 sec
G: 16 x 900
B: 16 x 600
Total Exposure time used: 15 hours
Image Width: 31 arc minutes

Processing: PixInsight, Topaz Studio2, custom scripts for image weighting.

Recently, JWT showed extraordinary structure in the midrange IR in this galaxy (https://esawebb.org/images/comparisons/potm2209a/). The hidden complexity of galaxies and nebulae never ceases. Most of it is beyond the reach of amateur image processes. Still, sometimes we can scrape away a little of the fluffiness and get a hint of what lies below—it doesn't always need professional telescopes orbiting in space.

As for IC 5332 and this picture, such structures are not within reach. The surface brightness of IC 5332 is only 23.8 mag/squ arc sec (Wikipedia). Even the Hubble image (at the link above) cannot discern them. Nonetheless, I hope you find this image pleasing enough to click a "Like."

Cheers,

Alex Woronow

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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	23h34m27s.244
RA (top/left)	23h33m10s.800
RA (top/right)	23h35m44s.560
RA (bottom/right)	23h35m44s.204
RA (bottom/left)	23h33m10s.283

Dec (center)	-36°06′04″.37
Dec (top/left)	-36°16′26″.46
Dec (top/right)	-36°16′25″.30
Dec (bottom/right)	-35°55′38″.12
Dec (bottom/left)	-35°55′39″.13

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