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# NGC 300 Spiral Galaxy
NGC 300 is a little smaller than our own milky way galaxy stretching 94,000 light-years spiral arms rotating around the possible binary black hole system.
__Imagine shooting a photo of the same galaxy every million years - for a couple of billion years – to create a giant timelapse video.__
Perhaps it is only a utopian dream. But with the miracle of modern technology, you can now see the history, and the mystery, of deep space. You can see spiral arms revolving around the center of a supermassive black hole. You can witness the extreme gravity pulling everything together towards the center of the galaxy.
NGC 300 (also known as Caldwell 70) is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. It is a member of a nearby group of galaxies known as the Sculptor group, named for the southern constellation where the group can be found. The distance to NGC 300 is 6.5 million light-years, making it one of the Milky Way's closer neighbours after Andromeda and Triangulum Galaxies. It is the brightest of the five main spirals in the direction of the Sculptor Group. It is inclined at an angle of 42° when viewed from Earth and shares many characteristics of the Triangulum Galaxy. It is 94,000 light-years across, somewhat smaller than the Milky Way.
To shoot distant, relatively smaller and faint galaxies like this requires higher focal length telescopes, special filters, sensitive cameras and dark skies (without light pollution). I use remote telescope service located in high and desert-like regions. In the desert, the light pollution is pretty low, and less humidity increases the quality of seeing. Large apertures and longer focal lengths have to be used to capture deep space's true beauty and mystery.
This photo was shot using a remote access 24-inch mirrored telescope in Chile. Four different filters with a monochrome CCD sensor were used to create an LRGB image. L stands for Luminance while R, G, and B stand for Red, Green, and Blue channels. The Luminance channel is widely used in astrophotography when shooting a galaxy. It is the brightness information collected from the deep space object that allows for the capture of this image.
This photograph required years of preparation, study, observation, and process. My creations require a personal and unique combination of technology, art, science, patience, and magic. My life goal is to bring the true majesty of the Universe to life.
### Properties
- Edition Size: 25/25
- Artist: Mustafa Aydın
- Object Type: Spiral Galaxy
- Distance: 6.5 million light-years
- Telescope: Planewave CDK-24
- Dimensions: 1610x1610 pixels
- File Type: MP4
- Image Credits: Mustafa Aydın / Telescope Live
