PGC 3589 (Scl), Sculptor Dwarf

PGC 3589 (Scl), Sculptor Dwarf

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Date/Site: 4. January 2019, Daniel-Verschatse-Observatory at the Hacienda los Andes, Chile
Exposure/
Filter:
R: 6 x 300 seconds,
G: 6 x 300 seconds,
B: 6 x 300 seconds,
L: 6 x 300 seconds (-15°C)
Camera: SBIG STL11000 with Astronomik Type II-Filters
Optics/
Instrument:
Astro-Physics 175mm f/8 StarFire EDF Triplet Refractor with flattener on AP1200 GTO
Guiding: Lodestar attached to a 50mm-finder,
focusing: Robofocus and FocusMax,
image acquisition: CCD-Commander and MaximDL 6,
calibration and processing: PixInsight 1.8

The Sculptor dwarf-galaxy PGC 3589 looks more like a loose globular cluster than a galaxy.
I could not spend much time on this interesting object and that made processing of the image quite difficult.

© Friedhelm Hübner, last revision:  09.12.2024