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The centered and the brightest galaxy is NGC 6340, an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Draco located approximately 55 million light years away. Moving to the bottom left, is IC 1251, a spiral galaxy with a magnitude of 14.23 (B). On the bottom right, there is IC 1254, another spiral galaxy with a magnitude of 15.00 (B). More galaxies can be seen on right part of the image belonging to a nearby cluster (Abell 2260). Analyzed overlay will help you visually identify those. (Every blue circle contains one distant galaxy)
Description Sources: Wikipedia, theskylive.com, in-the-sky.org
Equipment & Integration
Imaging telescope: TS Photon 8" F5 Newtonian reflector
Imaging camera: ZWO ASI 533MC-P
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ-5 Pro Go-To
Guiding telescope: TS 80/600 F7.5 Achromat
Guiding camera: ZWO ASI 120MC-S
Coma corrector: TS GPU Superflat
Extras: -
Software: Adobe Photoshop 2020, DeepSkyStacker, PHD Guiding, PixInsight
Frames: 120s x 450 GAIN 100 @ 0 degrees
Integration: 15 hours
Date captured: 21/09/2020
Location: Athens, Greece
Bortle Scale (?): 8