NGC 70

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In our universe most galaxies do not drift alone as strangers in a cosmic sea- instead they cluster in groups and gatherings that on the largest scales boggle the mind. Here, a small group of galaxies surround the seemingly out-of-place spiral NGC 70. These galaxies are around 300 million light years away in the direction of Andromeda.

Equipment

20in RC Optical Systems telescope Operating at f/8.4
Paramount ME Robotic Telescope Mount
SBIG ST10XME CCD camera with color filter wheel

L R G B color production was used to create this image.

Luminance = 90 minutes binned 1x1
Red = 20 minutes binned 2x2
Green = 20 minutes binned 2x2
Blue = 20 minutes binned 2x2

Taken during *very* bad seeing.

Two iterations of L-R deconvolution (sharpening) algorithm using CCDsharp were applied to the luminance image.

Digital Development (DDP) via Maxim/DL was also used in order to display the the very dim and very bright details of the image simultaneously.

Minimum credit line: Brenda and Bill Eddy/Adam Block/NOAO/AURA/NSF

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Updated: 10/27/2003