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Photographer:

Herbert Walter

Location of Photo:

IAS, Hakos Farm Namibia

Date/Time of photo:

20017 / 01 /08

Equipment:

20" Cassegrain f/3 (1500 mm) / Moravian 8300 mono

Description:

PGC 143 or WLM (it stands for Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte). This irregular dwarf galaxy is located 3 million light years away - just a little bit further away than the popular Andromeda galaxy - and shows clearly blue star clouds. L/R/G/B 15/7/7/6 x 6min https://www.skypixels.at/pgc143_info.html

Website:

https://www.skypixels.at/pgc143_info.html