Friday 12th August 2016.

I was out gathering some photons for my Messier photo project and had completed the intended targets and turned my attentions elsewhere.

Enter the Grus quartet.
This is a collection of four galaxies, NGC 7599, NGC 7590, NGC 7582 and NGC 7552. From bottom to top in the image.
This quartet is located in the constellation Grus.

These are interacting galaxies due to their close proximity to each other.
They lie approximately 55-70 million light years away!

I captured this image with the Skywatcher 102 scope and Canon 1200D.
The details are thus:

40 X 30 second exposures
Also flats, dark and bias frames were used.
ISO 800
Due to the low number of light frames there is substantial noise in the image.

When the weather permits I would like to do a recapture with plenty more light frames.
All stacked in DSS and post processing done with Star tools.