Description: The Fornax cluster and NGC 1365: NGC 1365 in fornax is a barred galaxy which lies about 60 million light years away. I love this galaxy for it has amazing Z shaped spiral arms. Some more subs are needed to capture more detail in the spiral arms. This galaxy is a part of the fornax cluster which contains 58 galaxies of which some I have captured in this image.
Image details: William Optics Megrez 90 refractor (unguided) on HEQ5mount, Canon 1000D camera attached to William optics 0.8x field flattener, shutter timer remote used to mange exposure times and numbers, ISO 800, 6 x 3minute subs stacked in deep sky stacker. Seeing was good but slightly breezy and ageing moon was still bright.
Picture Stats: Views: 1972 Filesize: 102.17kB Height: 1065 Width: 1600 Posted by: Stefan July 12, 2012, 11:01:35 AM
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