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Grus Quartet

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NGC 7599, 7590, 7582, 7552 – Grus Quartet Galaxies – LRGBHa v1

Back in Sep 2023 I imaged the close-ups of the Grus Quartet Galaxies, see here for NGC 7599, 7590, and 7582 and here for NGC 7552. Now with the wider field of the IAS remote telescope “Dieter” all four in one FOV. See the annotated version below for the myriads of galaxies (PGC) in the background.

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Almost Super Color Ful(l) Moon

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Almost Super Color Ful(l) Moon 2024-08-19 20:03 UT

Last night’s full moon at 20:03 UT, almost a super moon, i.e. a full moon at perigee, which will be on 2024-08-21 5:05 UT at a distance of 360193 km. Two days earlier, the Moon here is at declination -14.7°, a distance of 364578 km, aged 13.8 d with the canoncial full moon at 18:28 UT. Combined RGB exposures with heavily boosted colors.

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The Chandelier and the Cloud

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NGC 6723 Chandelier Cluster in Sagittarius and Corona Australis Molecular Cloud – LRGB v1

One of most beautiful region in the southern skies, the Corona Australis Molecular Cloud with the NGC 6726 and IC 4812 reflection nebulae and nearby Chandelier Cluster NGC 6723. The later belongs to Sagittarius, though.

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Great Peacock Globular

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Great Peacock Globular – NGC 6752 in Pavo – LRGB v1

Enough SHO images, here’s something in plain LRGB, NGC 6752, the Great Peacock Globular Cluster in Pavo.

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NGC 6589/90 and Surroundings

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NGC 6589/90 and Surroundings in Sagittarius – SHO w/RGB Stars v1

A 2 panel mosaic of SHO data in Sagittarius, the reflection nebulae NGC 6589/90 and Surroundings, in particular the emission nebulae IC 1283 und IC 1284. NGC 6590 also seems to be cataloged as NGC 6595.

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