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NGC7711 © Ken Crawford Rancho Del Sol Observatory MPC G67
| Filter | Exposures |
|---|---|
| Clear/ Lum | 580 minutes |
| Red | 200 minutes |
| Green | 200 minutes |
| Blue | 200 minutes |
| Ha | 0 minutes |
| OIII | 0 minutes |
| SII | 0 minutes |
NGC7711 is about 55 Mpc away and is distorted due to possible recent mergers with smaller galaxies called dwarfs. You can just make out a faint dust lane around the core and the extended loops are thought to be star streams from at least two orbits of a dwarf galaxy.
RCOS 20" carbon truss - 100mm FFC
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Paramount ME
Apogee Alta u16m
SBIG ST402 Guider
Astrodon MegaMoag
Astrodon 50mm Sq Filters
MaxDL 5
CCDAutopilot 5
CCDStack2
Photoshop CS5
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