Hickson 44
26.3.2007

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Telescope ED80
Camera Orion StarShoot
Exposure 20 x 200 s
Filter -

First time I imaged over an hour.So I was expecting little more details but maybe seeing could have been better (it was half moon and some dust was in te sky).
Too bad that dust bunny remained in the image although I took a flat frame .

Hickson 44 is a galaxy group some 50-60 million light years away.
Brightest of galaxies is NGC 3190 (mag 11.1). Also shown here are NGC3193 (mag 12), NGC3185 (mag 13) and NGC3187 (mag 14).

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