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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 18/12/2024

Backyard #astrophotography time! NGC 1097 is ~45 million light years away. Its central supermassive black hole is surrounded by a bright, star formation ring ~5000 light years in diameter. You can image that ring from your backyard! Top: Hubble (in orbit) Bottom: me (30 mins data/Bortle 9 sky)

Four tile image. Left column shows wide angle view of a barred spiral galaxy. Right column shows a zoom in on the central core region of the galaxy. Top row is Hubble data so the images are clear, sharp and intricate with detail. A bright, red-white ring surrounds the central core region. Bottom row is grainy and fuzzy. These are backyard astrophotography taken from light polluted skies.

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