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Object |
NGC 1566 |
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Info |
NGC 1566 is the brightest member of a nearby group
of galaxies in Dorado and is at a distance of about 50 million light
years. It has beautifully symmetrical, tightly-wound spiral arms, which on
deep images appear
to almost encircle the galaxy. This striking galaxy is also of interest
because it has a very luminous nucleus which has many of the
characteristics of a quasar. (
extract text from AAO
) |
|
Date |
16 &
19/ 12/ 04 |
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Location |
BayTop
Observatory- Streaky Bay South Australia |
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Instrument |
Vixen
VC200L working @ f4.7 with Hm made focal reducer |
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Mount |
Vixen 'GPDX'
controlled by a Mel Bartels Goto System |
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Camera (CCD) |
Starlight
Xpress HX516 monochrome with Hm, made filter slider |
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Exposures |
L:
80' R:25' G:25' B:25' (5' sub exposures all
unbinned) Dark frames removed. |
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Guiding |
Sky
Watcher-f5 ST Refractor & a Meade LPI imager attached with
main scope on a home made accessory plate. |
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Filters |
Astronomik
Type 2 LRGB set |
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Notes/ Conditions |
Conditions- On the 16th taking lum, conditions 24deg C
and seeing poor- average. Taking colour channels on the 19th, moon @ 59.81
phase. Object 66 degrees reasonable seeing 13degC. |
