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An interesting galaxy that didn't make the Messier or Caldwell lists.
NGC 1097 (also known as Caldwell 67) is a barred spiral galaxy about 45 million light years away in the constellation Fornax. It was discovered by William Herschel on 9 October 1790. It is a severely interacting galaxy with obvious tidal debris and distortions caused by interaction with the companion galaxy NGC 1097A.[3] Three supernovae (SN 1992bd, SN 1999eu, and SN 2003B) have been observed in NGC 1097 since 1992
Taken with the SLOOH Celestron 14" SCT in Chile. With a SBIG STT=8300M camera. 20 exposures 4 50 sec L's, and 4 each 25 sec R, G, B
I know the C14 is capable of good clarity and sharpness but I wonder if it is the SBIG camera, the images from the SLOOH 14" scopes don't come close to the results with their 17" Planewaves.
although maybe it is the fact that I only had 8 minutes of exposures
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