Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  NGC 278
NGC 278- this target is weird!, William Maxwell
NGC 278- this target is weird!
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NGC 278- this target is weird!

NGC 278- this target is weird!, William Maxwell
NGC 278- this target is weird!
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NGC 278- this target is weird!

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This target is an oddball. Its very small, but surprisingly bright galaxy that looks like a planetary nebula. My inital stretch completely blew it out. My 180s subs were actually too long even at F/6.  I had to return to my sub stack and really under do it to keep anything in the galaxy center, then basically did an HDR to keep the outer 1/3rd. Really surprising for a small galaxy target, even at the 1200mm fl.

According to Wiki there is a large amount of star formation in the inner 2/3, but not in the outer 1/3 which here almost looks like a halo.

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NGC 278- this target is weird!, William Maxwell

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