About image
IC 10 is an irregular galaxy located in Cassiopea constellation, in a field rich in stars.
Its angular size is 6.8'x5.9' and the estimated distance from the Milky Way is only 2.1 million of light years: so it can be considered belonging to the Local Group, together with Andromeda Galaxy M 31 and Triangulum Galaxy M 33.
IC 10 has an absolute size of only 5600 light years, so it is a dwarf irregular galaxy: it is also referred to as Starburst Galaxy due to its high rate of new star formation.
In the image are well visible the dust structures and several HII regions.
Technical data
Optic GSO RC12 Truss - Aperture
304mm, focal lenght 2432mm, f/8
Mount 10Micron GM2000 HPSII
Camera ZWO ASI 2600 MM Pro with filter wheel 7 positions
Filters Astrodon Gen2
E-Serie Tru-Balance 50mm unmounted LRGB and Ha 5nm
Guiding system ZWO OAG-L with guide camera ASI 174MM
Exposure details L 91x300" bin3 -10C
R 16x300" bin3 -10C
G 16x300" bin3 -10C
B 16x300" bin3 -10C
Ha 24x600" bin3 -10C
all gain 100
Total integration 15h35'
Acquisition Voyager, PHD2
Processing Pixinsight 1.8,
Photoshop CS5, StarXTerminator, NoiseXTerminator, BlurXTerminator
SQM-L 21.29
Location Promiod (Aosta
Valley, Italy), own remote observatory
Date 20/21/23 August 2023