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Object |
NGC 1313 |
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Info |
NGC 1313 is located in the
constellation of Reticulum, a circumpolar constellation to the South
Celestial pole. NGC 1313 is classified as a
starburst galaxy due to its dense regions of extreme star formation. It is
relatively close to the Milky Way, located only 15 million light-years
away. NGC 1313 has a rate of star formation 1000 times faster than our own
galaxy, The Milky Way. Galaxies of this nature generally go through a
collision with another galaxy, however astronomers can't locate the
source.
NGC 1313 reveals evidence of some of the most
puzzling problems facing astronomers in the science of stars and galaxies.
Starburst galaxies are fascinating objects to study in their own right;
Around one quarter of all massive stars are born in these types of
galaxies at rates up to a thousand times higher than in our own Milky Way
Galaxy.
NGC 1313 seems to be a galaxy on its own. It
is not part of a group and has no neighbour; it is not clear whether it
may have swallowed a small companion in its past. |
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Date |
Lum-21/
9 & RGB 30/ 10/ 08 |
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Location |
BayTop
Observatory- Streaky Bay South Australia |
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Instrument |
Home built 10" Newtonian (Bob
Royce primary) and an Antares 1/20th wave
secondary with MPCC
coma corrector. System working
@ native f4/
1016 FL 1.35 arcsec/pixel- FOV
23.3x29.4 |
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Mount |
Celestron CI700 controlled by a Mel
Bartels Goto Control System
with Vexta PK264m-01b motors with a pulley and belt system |
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Camera (CCD) |
Starlight
Xpress HX916 monochrome CCD with Atik manual
filter wheel. |
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Exposures |
L:
132' R:40' G:40' B:40' (4min
sub exposures all unbinned)
No dark frames removed.
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Guiding |
Orion 80ED refractor F7.5 with a Starlight Xpress
HX516 CCD.
Mounted via a side by side accessory plate. |
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Filters |
Astronomik
typeII clr RGB filter set |
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Notes/ Conditions |
Conditions- It has been rather a poor winter/ spring.
This is really the first run at serious imaging I've had for two months.
Conditions have been fickle, but managable. |
