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Barnard's Galaxy

Barnard's Galaxy

This is Barnard’s Galaxy, also known as NGC 6822. It’s the closest non satellite galaxy to the Milky Way, very similar to the Large Magellanic Cloud.

I accidentally had the gain set to 600 (max), so it came out very noisy.

  • Telescope: Skywatcher Classic 250P 10" Dobsonian 1200 FL
  • Tracking: Home built 2 circle segment equatorial platform
  • Camera: ZWO ASI533MM Pro, CMOS monochrome 3008x3008 3.76μm pixels, 600 gain
  • Image capture: OpenLiveStacker on Android phone.
  • Stacking: Siril
  • Post-processing: Gimp
  • Skies: Bortle 4 skies (Mt Stromlo)
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Hi! My name is James Roper, and I am a software developer with a particular interest in open source development and trying new things. I program in Scala, Java, Go, PHP, Python and Javascript, and I work for Lightbend as the architect of Kalix. I also have a full life outside the world of IT, enjoy playing a variety of musical instruments and sports, and currently I live in Canberra.