IC 10, Starburst Galaxy
About image
IC 10 is an irregular galaxy located in Cassiopea constellation, in a field rich in stars.
Its angular size is 6.8'x5.9' and the estimated distance from the Milky Way is only 2.1 million of light years: so it can be considered belonging to the Local Group, together with Andromeda Galaxy M 31 and Triangulum Galaxy M 33.
IC 10 has an absolute size of only 5600 light years, so it is a dwarf irregular galaxy: it is also referred to as Starburst Galaxy due to its high rate of new star formation.
In the image are well visible the dust structures and several HII regions.
Technical data R 16x300" bin3 -10C Ha 24x600" bin3 -10C all gain 100
Optic GSO RC12 Truss - Aperture 304mm, focal lenght 2432mm, f/8
Mount 10Micron GM2000 HPSII
Camera ZWO ASI 2600 MM Pro with filter wheel 7 positions
Filters Astrodon Gen2 E-Serie Tru-Balance 50mm unmounted LRGB and Ha 5nm
Guiding system ZWO OAG-L with guide camera ASI 174MM
Exposure details L 91x300" bin3 -10C
G 16x300" bin3 -10C
B 16x300" bin3 -10C
Total integration 15h35'
Acquisition Voyager, PHD2
Processing Pixinsight 1.8, Photoshop CS5, StarXTerminator, NoiseXTerminator, BlurXTerminator
SQM-L 21.29
Location Promiod (Aosta Valley, Italy), own remote observatory
Date 20/21/23 August 2023
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