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The Small Magellanic Cloud

Started by gregbradley, 09/02/2006 08:27AM
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Posted 09/02/2006 08:27AM | Edited 09/02/2006 11:31AM Opening Post
Greg Bradley
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The Small Magellanic Cloud is the other companion Galaxy to our Milky Way. It appears as a small white patch in the southern sky at a dark site.

This one is quite close to the South Celestial Pole.

Tak FSQ106N, STL11000XCM, NJP Mount.

18 x 2 minutes. CCDStack, Photoshop CS2.

Greg.

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Posted 09/02/2006 10:44AM | Edited 09/02/2006 10:45AM #1
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A gold mine of object Greg,nice shot.
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Posted 09/02/2006 02:19PM #2
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Thats a fantastic shot Greg! Nice work!
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