100% size crop Galaxies from top to bottom are: NGC 4672 mag 13.2 NGC 4698A mag 11.5 NGC 4677 mag 12.7 PGC 43169 mag 17.2 NGC 4683 mag 12.9 Abell 3526 lies some 150 Million light years away in Centaurus AP152 F7.5 Starfire APO + FLI ProLine16803 CCD & CFW-5-7 LRGB = 200 30 30 30min Astronomik 50mm square filters -30C chip temp, darks and flats (AstroHandy LightRing used for flats) Image scale = 1.4"/pix Guide Camera: Starlightxpress SXVH9 Taken from Bob and Pats farm in average seeing http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/107700957/original Some links to equipment used to take this image: Finger Lakes Instrumentation (FLI) CCD cameras and equipment: http://www.flicamera.com/ StarlightXpress CCD cameras and equipment http://www.starlight-xpress.co.uk/ Astro-Elecronic FS2 scope GOTO controller: http://www.astro-electronic.de/ Gerd Neumann and Astronomik filters: http://www.astronomik.com/en/home http://www.gerdneumann.net/ MSB Software & Astroart 4 http://www.msb-astroart.com/ STAR Atlas:PRO planetarium software http://www.skylab.com.au/ AstroHandy Accessories http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/astrohandy_lightring http://www.astrohandy.com
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