Interacting NGC 1532 & NGC 1531
Interacting NGC 1532 & NGC 1531
Image of the colliding galaxies NGC 1531 and NGC 1532 in the constellation Eridanus.
NGC 1532 is a barred spiral galaxy seen edge-on. It has several dwarf companion galaxies and is clearly interacting with one of them, dwarf galaxy NGC 1531.
This LRGB-image was captured with the CHI-1. Data from 8 one clicks
Total exposure time: 660 minutes.
LRGB 16:16:16:18 subs of 600s with each filter.
NGC 1532 is a barred spiral galaxy seen edge-on. It has several dwarf companion galaxies and is clearly interacting with one of them, dwarf galaxy NGC 1531.
This LRGB-image was captured with the CHI-1. Data from 8 one clicks
Total exposure time: 660 minutes.
LRGB 16:16:16:18 subs of 600s with each filter.
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
CHI-1 Planewave CDK24
Camera
FLI PL9000
Location
El Sauce Observatory, Chile
Date of observation
30/09, 8/10, 12/10, 29/10, 3/12, 4/12, 7/12, 9/12/2021
Filters
LRGB
Processing
AstroPixelProcessor, Photoshop CC with AstroPanel Pro, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Sharpen AI and Denoise Projects 3 plug-ins
Comments
Very well done, Jan! I wish I could process galaxies as well as you all!!
Great Image!
Tom
Thanks Tom!