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Hickson 44

Started by dan kowall, 01/20/2007 07:00PM
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Hickson 44 is a gravitationally bound group of galaxies featuring distorted dust lanes, bent arms, and material bridges. Three of the four members of this group appear in this image.
Conditions have been horrible lately, and I still haven't been able to tweak collimation after a mirror cleaning. Ya just gotta take what's given sometimes.
A larger image and details are here:
http://www.photonhunter.com/galaxies/HICKSON44.html
Thanks for looking,

dan

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Maybe your conditions were horrible, but your image is excellent!

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Very, very nice Dan.

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very nicely done, Dan!
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Posted 01/20/2007 08:26PM #4
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Great image smile
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Excellent Dan!

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Posted 01/22/2007 04:02AM #6
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Wonderful shot Dan!
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Posted 01/22/2007 04:14PM #7
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Thanks for the comments, guys.
I replaced the image on my site with one that doesn't have the slight magenta cast that the original did.

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