NGC 1313 (also known as the Topsy Turvy Galaxy) is an isolated barred spiral galaxy with a diameter of about 50,000 light-years, or about half the size of the Milky Way. It's pretty weird-looking with an uneven shape and its axis of rotation is not exactly in its centre.
What is also interesting is the IFN throughout the field. It doesn't seem to feature in many of the pics on the web, but there are some that show it quite well and the structure is similar to my pic, so it's real.
IFN surrounding an interesting galaxy, what more could you ask from in an image!
As you mention, adding more exposure would help with the noise but even now it’s more than acceptable
Love that shot. It's got it all. Interesting galaxy, a bright star and faint dust. Very cool.
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Originally Posted by Retrograde
Very nice Geoff.
Quite a few background galaxies in that field as well to top it off.
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Originally Posted by RickS
Great image and a very cool target, Geoff!
Thanks Marc, Pete and Rick
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Originally Posted by Atmos
IFN surrounding an interesting galaxy, what more could you ask from in an image!
As you mention, adding more exposure would help with the noise but even now it’s more than acceptable
Thanks Colin. It's always a toss up between longer exposures and moving on to the next target.
I’ve previously pointed my rig at this system, but at 3400mm thought it looked rather fuzzy and unremarkable ...and moved on.
I’ve not seen a similar image of this object hence am blown away by your sublime wide field rendition.
Wonderful stuff....and an inspiration for many astroimagers to follow.
Thanks for the very positive comments Peter. Much appreciated.
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Originally Posted by Placidus
Brilliant!
No idea that one existed.
Thanks Mike. You learn something new every day!
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
It's a crazy looking mess of a galaxy for sure huh? The mix of galactic cirrus and wispy galaxy makes for a rare combination, cool galaxy image Geoff
Mike
Thanks Mike. I wasn't actually expecting the IFN until I noticed it in the stacked luminance. Then I went fishing for online pics to verify that I wasn’t getting some weird gradients or light leaks
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Originally Posted by cometcatcher
Amazing shot Geoff. Do you recall what time you used for LRGB?
Thanks Kevin
200min B, 140min G, 130min R, 180min L, 70min Ha (Ha binned)