100% resolution crop

NGC 6300 in Ara is a galaxy with a relatively modest angular size of 4.3' X 2.8' and shines at
magnitude 11. It has beautiful spiral arms with many fine dust lanes that are connected by a
straight bar that runs through the middle of the galaxy. NGC 6300 is not a standard spiral galaxy,
it is actually a type II Seyfert galaxy. Seyfert galaxies have unusually luminous centres that emit
very energetic radiation, so they are often intensely bright at the infra red and ultra violet ends
of the spectrum. Like most galaxies NGC 6300 is thought to contain a massive black hole at its heart
some 300 000 times more massive than the Sun. This black hole is emitting high energy X-rays as
galactic material is pulled into it.

Orion Optics AG12 F3.8
Starlightxpress SXVF-H694, SX USB CFW, SX OAG unit + Atlas Focuser
LHaRGB = 240 90 45 45 45min = 7.75hrs total exposure (bin 1X1)
New Deep-Sky RGB Astronomik filters
-20C chip temp, flats used but no dark frames.
Focal length 1120mm
Image scale 0.84"/pix
Guide Camera: Starlightxpress Lodestar

Comments
All data collected in one night on 18 June 2017, no moon, average seeing

Equipment setup:

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/sxvrh694_gear

Some links to equipment used to take this image:

StarlightXpress CCD Cameras and imaging equipment

http://www.sxccd.com/products

Finger Lakes Instrumentation CCD cameras:

http://www.flicamera.com/

Astro Shop (Aus)

http://www.astroshop.com.au/

Astro-Elecronic FS2 scope GOTO controller:

http://www.astro-electronic.de/

Gerd Neumann and Astronomik filters:

http://www.astronomik.com/en/home

http://www.gerdneumann.net/

MSB Software & Astroart 5

http://www.msb-astroart.com/

Catseye Collimation

http://www.catseyecollimation.com/

STAR Atlas:PRO planetarium software:

http://www.staratlaspro.com/