NGC 7793 in Sculptor

Posted by SERGIO EGUIVAR
on Sunday, October 16, 2011

NGC 7793 is a Spiral Galaxy discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop from Australia. 
It is the fainter member of the Sculptor Galaxy group which also includes NGC 253, NGC 300, NGC 55 NGC 247. The Galaxy presents a very dense structure with quite a populated glowing red emission regions distributed along the disc. The mentioned reveals new star formation areas which are driving the evolution of the Galaxy.
The image was taken with a 8 " Celestron SCT and a QSI 583 WS riding in a  NEQ6 SW mount for a total exposure time of two hours LRGB (60,20,20,20) RGB binned 2x2

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