Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sculptor (Scl)
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Cartwheel galaxy with OSC camera from bright sky - EdgeHD11 ASI183mc f/7, Freestar8n
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Cartwheel galaxy with OSC camera from bright sky - EdgeHD11 ASI183mc f/7

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Cartwheel galaxy with OSC camera from bright sky - EdgeHD11 ASI183mc f/7, Freestar8n
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Cartwheel galaxy with OSC camera from bright sky - EdgeHD11 ASI183mc f/7

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This is the famous Cartwheel galaxy in Sculptor - imaged from fairly bright suburban Melbourne skies with SQM 18.6 mag/arcsec^2 with an OSC camera, ASI183MC. EdgeHD11 f/7. 64x5m exposures over a few nights.

This is a very interesting galaxy structure that isn't imaged very much, but can be captured with a backyard setup and OSC camera with no special filters. Details in the galaxies are visible - along with several faint background galaxies.

Raw pixel scale is 0.25" per pixel, resampled x2 to 0.5" per pixel for the final version. Bayer drizzled with custom code using nearest neighbor interpolation and gradient removal - then linear scaled and imported to Photoshop for application of levels to stretch. Finally a x2 reduction in size to 0.5" per pixel. No denoising or other color alteration.

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Cartwheel galaxy with OSC camera from bright sky - EdgeHD11 ASI183mc f/7, Freestar8n