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NGC 1313

NGC 1313 (also known as the Topsy Turvy Galaxy) is a barred spiral galaxy discovered by the Scottish astronomer James Dunlop on 27 September 1826.
It has a strikingly uneven shape and its axis of rotation is not exactly in its center. (WIKI)

The galaxy lies in a vast dust cloud (or IFN???)

Lum - 3 Hrs
Ha- 60 min (Bin 2)
RGB - 30 min each (BIN 2)

Total of 5.5 HRS

Telescope: ASA 12" f 3.6 Astrograph
Camera: FLI MicroLine 8300 CCD-camera

Imaged from Tivoli farm in Namibia June 2014

FLI MicroLine 8300

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