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| Object | NGC300 |
| Info |
NGC 300 is a 9th magnitude spiral galaxy (sc type) located in the Sculptor group of galaxies, in the constellation of Sculptor. It's estimated distance is around 7 million L.y. It has a very low surface brightness. |
| Date | Lum-15& RGB 18/ 9/ 06 |
| Location | BayTop Observatory- Streaky Bay South Australia |
| Instrument | Orion 80ED refractor working @ f7.5/ 600 FL 2.3 arcsec/pixel |
| Mount | Celestron CI700 controlled by a Mel Bartels Goto Control System with Vexta PK264m-01b motors with a pulley and belt system |
| Camera (CCD) | Starlight Xpress HX916 monochrome with Hm, made filter slider |
| Exposures | L: 96' R:36' G:36' B:36'[ 6' sub exposures all unbinned] No dark frames removed. |
| Guiding | Skywatcher ST 80mm f5 with a Starlight Xpress MX515 CCD. Mounted via a side by side accessory |
| Filters | Astronomik typeII clr RGB filter set |
| Notes/ Conditions |
Conditions- When taking the luminance, conditions were average to poor. Conditions when taking the colour frames were quite poor. Warm night of 22degs C and gusty wind conditions with quite a bit of dust around due to the lack of winter rain. (extremely bizarre weather for spring). There were severe gradients to deal with. Image has been reduced to 85%. |