Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Grus (Gru)  ·  Contains:  IC 5308  ·  NGC 7582  ·  NGC 7590  ·  NGC 7599
Grus trio: NGC 7599, NGC 7590 and NGC 7582, Jan Scheers
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Grus trio: NGC 7599, NGC 7590 and NGC 7582

Grus trio: NGC 7599, NGC 7590 and NGC 7582, Jan Scheers
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Grus trio: NGC 7599, NGC 7590 and NGC 7582

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These three galaxies can be found in the southern constellation of Grus, about 60 to 70 million lights years distant from Earth.
Clockwise you can recognize NGC 7599, NGC 7590 and NGC 7582.
Usually this group of galaxies is known as The Grus Quartet, but another spiral galaxy NGC7552 is out of this field of view.
Image acquired with the Planewave CDK24 telescope and FLI PL9000 camera from Telescope Live in El Sauce Observatory, Chile.

Total exposure time 400 minutes
LRGB 10 subs of 600s with each filter.
Dataset Telescope Live

Processing with AstroPixelProcessor, Photoshop CC with AstroPanel Pro, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Sharpen AI and NoiseXTerminator plug-ins.

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Grus trio: NGC 7599, NGC 7590 and NGC 7582, Jan Scheers