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ROOISAND Remote @ Rooisand Desert Ranch
Takahashi Epsilon 130ED, f/D = 3.3
PlayerOne Poseidon-C Pro
Fornax 102 photo with TDM / TeenAstro controller
256 x 295 s
21 h
data acquired remotely using Voyager Advanced
data acquisition by:
Markus Blauensteiner, Oliver Schneider & Faried Abu-Salih
- CEDIC Team goes Chile II
- CEDIC Team goes La Palma I
- CEDIC Team goes La Palma II
- CEDIC Team goes La Palma III
- CEDIC Team goes Namibia
- Namibia 2022 - Intro
- #1 - Clusters in Carina
- #2 - Hidden Treasures in Vela
- #3 - Southern Galaxies
- #4 - Emission Nebulae in Centaurus
- #5 - Near South Pole
- #6 - Dark Nebulae in Cir & Lup
- #7 - Nebulae in Ara & Norma
- #8 - Nebulae in Scorpius
- #9 - Open Clusters in Scorpius
- #10 - Highlights in Sagittarius
- #11 - Nebulae in Ophiuchus
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NGC 7727 (Arp 222) in Aquarius wide field
Barred Spiral Galaxy SAB(s)a
4.7‘ x 3.5‘
10.6 mag (V)
Aqr
2025-05-31+ 07-03+19+21+22+23+24+29+30+31
~89 Mio ly
NGC 7727 is in the midst of a merger between two galaxies.
Both nuclei are still visible – each harbours a supermassive black hole.
This makes them the closest pair of supermassive black holes to Earth.