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Telescope: Meade LXD75 SN6
Camera: Canon Rebel T2i
Filter: Orion Imaging Sky Glow Filter
Guide scope: Meade DSX-90, DSI Pro II, PHD
Exposure: 32x30sec, ISO 1600 saved as RAW
Darks: Internal
Flat: Synthetic
Software: Backyard EOS, Digital Photo Professional, Deep Sky Stacker, Photoshop
NGC3115 is an interesting edge-on spiral in that is lack an apparent dust lane. Visually, the bright stellar core (about magnitude 9) is within easy reach of a modest telescope and the faint galactic plane cuts a fine line on either side. The galaxy itself is much larger than the Milky Way and it has a super-massive black hole at its core with a mass of about 2 billion suns. If you look closely to the lower left you can glimpse PGC29300 glowing softly at magnitude 12.5
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