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Image Data
Designation |
NGC 7793, Bennett 130 |
Constellation |
Sculptor (Scl) |
Description |
This conspicuous galaxy was
discovered by G.P. Bond from Harvard (!) in 1850, who likened it to
a comet. It is a very open spiral galaxy and belongs to the Sculptor group, together
with NGC 253, NGC 55, NGC 300, as well as NGC247 in Cetus. The 30' x
45' field is speckled with numerous faint background galaxies. NGC
7793 is about 10 million lightyears away. |
Exposure |
RGB 60:60:100 min @ -18°C |
Camera |
SBIG ST-10XE selfguided + CFW8
with SBIG/CS Filterset |
Optics |
Astro-Physics AP155EDFS @ f/7.2
(prime focus) |
Mount |
Astro-Physics AP1200GTO |
Software |
MaxIm DL/CCD, Registar, Adobe
Photoshop 6.0 |
Location - Date - Time |
San Esteban (Chile) - 10Oct02 @ 06:30
UTC |
Conditions |
Transparency 5, Seeing 5, Temperature
+9°C |
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