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25 May 2006 Samir Kharusi

Pinwheel Region

Jabal Shams, Oman, Elevation 1940m amsl

I was trying to capture a few spiral galaxies that present their faces towards us. Since all these galaxies are so far away, I have to show you quite a large version of the image, so please click on "original" below to see the spiral nature. This is a galaxy rich region in Coma Berenices. Next slide shows the equipment set-up.

Hutech Canon 20D+UV/IR Blocker,Canon 200mm/2.8L + 1.4x
17x5min, ISO 800, 280mm focal length at f4, flats, darks and bias applied. Celestron CGE Mount, autoguided by ST402-ME on a 500mm/8 lens. full exif

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