Light pollution and Messier 83

Posted 2007 July 01 @ 13:22

© 2007 G. Liakos

This composite image shows two views of NGC 5236 (M83), one taken from the city of Rustenburg, the other from a farm about 50km outside of town. Each exposure was for 10 minutes at ISO 800 with an 8-inch f/10 telescope.

"The image speaks for itself," George says, adding, "makes you want to sell everything and move to the Karoo."

George recently submitted a stacked image of NGC 5236 taken from his dark-sky site.

Keywords: Astronomy, deepsky observing, deep sky observing, astrophotography, George Liakos, light pollution

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