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Related: About this forumNGC 7497
This is NGC 7497 a galaxy located about 60 million light years away. The dust is whats called an integrated flux nebula,its a cloud of space dust that is being lit by the total light of our galaxy. It is only a few hundred light years away I used a telescope.live telescope in chile to get 10 hours of exposures using R G B filter plus a Luminance filter .
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moonshinegnomie
Nov 2023
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Wonderful photo, my dear moonshinegnomie! It's a miracle that you can do this. ♥ nt
CaliforniaPeggy
Nov 2023
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CaliforniaPeggy
(152,477 posts)1. Wonderful photo, my dear moonshinegnomie! It's a miracle that you can do this. ♥ nt
Basic LA
(2,047 posts)2. Outstanding work!
Bundbuster
(4,018 posts)3. Mind blowing
Old Crank
(4,933 posts)4. Nice
These pictures show how insignificant we are in the total picture.