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Binary system galaxies M77 (top) and NGC 1055 (bottom) (image above is reduced-size | other sizes: medium , original) Distance: 60 million light years |
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| Telescope | Takahashi TOA-130F @ f/7.7 | |
| Mount | Takahashi EM200 Temma II | |
| Camera | QSI 540wsg @ -15C | |
| Filters | Astrodon Tru-Balance I-Series LRGB Gen 2 | |
| Guider | SX Lodestar | |
| Settings | 7x10min L (bin1x1); 2x5min ea RGB (bin2x2); AstroArt5, CS4 (slightly cropped, 10xdarks/flats/fdarks/bias) | |
| Date/Location | 8 November 2013 - Las Cruces, NM Note: Spiral galaxy NGC 1072 toward right side of image (the right "arm" of NGC 1055 is pointing to it) is a magnitude 14.0 object. Published by:
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