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Antennae

Image taken at Clayton Bay, South Australia

Equipment - GSO 8" RC, with QSI583WSG

Guiding - QSI OAG and Orion Star Shoot Autoguider.

LRGB -220 120 110 110

Darks, flats and biases applied

Processed in CCD stack and Photoshop CS3

Object - Located in the constellation of Corvus at a distance of 45 million to 65 million light years these two interacting galaxies present a rather interesting sight.

Notes - I need to capture some more data to sort out the colour and brightness of this image.