NGC 300      Sculptor / Bildhauer

NGC 300 is located in the inconspicuous constellation Sculptor and a prominent member of the "Sculptor group of galaxies".
Its diameter is 94,000 light-years, which is slightly smaller than our galaxy. With a distance of  6 Mly, it is one of the closest galaxies to us in the southern sky and already easy to spot with binoculars.



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IAS - Internationale Amateuersternwarte e.V. - Hakos Observatory, Namibia


Mount
10Micron GM3000 HPS

Telescope IAS 10" Newton f/4.5  Award/published Astrobin
Camera QHY268M
 
Filter Chroma LRGB
Exposure L 27 / R 27 / G 26 / B 27 x 120s
   
Total
3h 32min
Software
PixInsight

Date
Dec 2022

Location
IAS Hakos Remote Observatory, Namibia

Note
Image acquisition by IAS Remote Team 'Lukas'
Image processing by Herbert Walter