NGC 1316 – VdS Remote Hakos
As a member of the VdS remote observatory group, I have the opportunity to use the VdS remote observatory in Hakos, Namibia. You are allowed to process your own data obtained there as well as the data of other users.
In this case I use the data of Martin Nischang for my result.
The result shows the lenticular galaxy NGC 1316 (Fornax A) located in the constellation Fornax. Data calibration and registration and the final processing was done with PixInsight.
This image shows a lot of galaxies and quasars. The most distant of them is:
WISEA J032043.92-373102.0 with a redshift of 2.5 an apparent magv of 19.9 (SDSS DR17).
The faintest object in this image has an apparent magnitude of approx. 23 mag (2017,PASA,34,25).
The images were taken with the following equipment:
| Location | Hakos, Namibia |
| Telescope | TS 12“ Newton-Astrograph |
| Focal length [mm] | 1391 |
| Focal ratio | 4,56 |
| Mount | 10Micron GM3000 |
| Camera | Lacerta DeepSkyPro2600 (mono) |
| Filter | L:R:G:B |
| Exposure time [min] | 245;185;185;215 |
| Resolution | 0,56″/px |
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