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M77 Cetus A Squid Galaxy

The Squid Galaxy in the centre of this picture is also known as Messier 77 (M77), Cetus A. It is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus 47 million light years away.

 

Up in the top left of the picture you can see another barred spiral galaxy, NGC 1055. This galaxy is 63 million light years away.

 

Image taken on 9 October 2023.

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Camera/ Telescope Seestar S50

IR Cut filter

17 Minutes of 10 second exposures

Frames stacked in Astro Pixel Processor

Adjusted and rotated with Photoshop CS4

 

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Uploaded on October 20, 2023