Thank you for sharing your photos - this is exactly what this project is all about! :-)
A pair of actively interacting galaxies, known as the Antennae.
Located in the constellation Corvus.
The distance to the galaxies is about 45 million light-years.
Angular size 5.2'x3.1' / 3.1'x1.6'.
Actual size about 500,000 light-years.
The result will be better with an aperture of 200mm+ and a focal length of 1m+, ideally 1.5m+. This is a galaxy, after all—for details, aperture is what matters...
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But a small pixel is also an option in my case. I'll post it if I manage to capture it, and we can compare...
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