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M77 and Friends
Barred spiral galaxy in Cetus (left side of picture), about 47 million light-years from Earth.  A Type 2 Seyfert galaxy with an active nucleus. The spiral galaxy at right is NGC 1055.  The spiral galaxy NGC1072 is also seen as a tiny oval near the bottom center of the frame.

M77 and Friends

Barred spiral galaxy in Cetus (left side of picture), about 47 million light-years from Earth. A Type 2 Seyfert galaxy with an active nucleus. The spiral galaxy at right is NGC 1055. The spiral galaxy NGC1072 is also seen as a tiny oval near the bottom center of the frame.




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Filename:M77_20231022_LPF_v2.JPG
Album name:27telp / Galaxies
Location and Date:OCA Observation Site near Anza, California, 10/22/2023
Equipment:Imaging - Celestron RASA-11 scope, ZWO ASI2600MC one-shot-color camera, Optolong L-Pro filter; Mount - Astro-Physics 1200GTO; Guiding - Borg 50mm guidescope, Starlight Xpress Ultrastar camera
Settings:40 exposures @300 seconds apiece, bin 1x1
Notes:Software: Capture, Sequence Generator Pro; guiding - PHD2; processing - PixInsight 1.8.9, Adobe Lightroom
Filesize:1485 KiB
Date added:Nov 17, 2023
Dimensions:2377 x 1690 pixels
Displayed:2 times
Color Space:sRGB
EXIF Offset:480
EXIF Version:version 2.31
Image Description:Barred spiral galaxy in Cetus, about 47 million light-years from Earth. A Type 2 Seyfert galaxy with an active nucleus. The small spiral galaxy at right is NGC 1055. The spiral galaxy NGC1072 is also seen as a tiny oval near the bottom center of the frame.
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Software:Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 13.0.1 (Windows)
X Resolution:240 dots per ResolutionUnit
Y Resolution:240 dots per ResolutionUnit
IPTC Title:M77 and Friends
IPTC Copyright:J. L. Floyd © 2023
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