Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pegasus (Peg)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7317  ·  NGC 7318  ·  NGC 7319  ·  NGC 7320
Stephan's Quintet - With a lot of little cousins galaxies, LAndré
Stephan's Quintet - With a lot of little cousins galaxies
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Stephan's Quintet - With a lot of little cousins galaxies

Stephan's Quintet - With a lot of little cousins galaxies, LAndré
Stephan's Quintet - With a lot of little cousins galaxies
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Stephan's Quintet - With a lot of little cousins galaxies

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The project:
Initially, this was supposed to be part of a group effort... (Hi to the DSC Friends )
But, our skies decided otherwise, so I could only get those ~31H too late in the season

So i pursued as a personal first go at full focal length (2800mm), trying to push the 28cm diameter of the setup to it's maximum long exposures solving power...

Ouch, these galaxies are quite small for this setup !
So, keeping a eye on the seeing uring imaging sessions, i switched to this target whenever i saw good moments, and at the end, i also was quite selective with the subs, keeping only a small subset of them...

The acquisitions :
In 26 Sessions from September to November 2024
I could only get those ~31H late in the season & i wished for more : more Ha and some OIII would have been nice !

The image:
I choose an LRVB + Ha assembly
I tried to show the main galaxies extensions as much as i could with the L data I got, hopefully they are present enough ?!
I also tried to keep as much little galaxies as possible, while keeping the stars in check...

I hope you'll like it
CS, Laurent

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Stephan's Quintet - With a lot of little cousins galaxies, LAndré

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