NGC 1210 - a shell galaxy

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Hi to all

I've been working on this one for a while and unfortunately it coincided with a some scope problems I've been having which required me to throw away a lot of data. Also the seeing was pretty bad when I did the colour. Shell galaxies are elliptical galaxies with faint concentric shells and were discovered in the eighties by David Malin. NGC 1210 is a pretty good example.

Cheers

Steve

http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/n...L6303_RC14.htm

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Small but great target Steve, looks like one that might keep delivering with increased exposure. Those outer extensions are interesting for sure.
Is that the full frame view?

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by SkyViking

Small but great target Steve, looks like one that might keep delivering with increased exposure. Those outer extensions are interesting for sure.
Is that the full frame view?

Thanks Rolf. That's about 80% full frame resolution but only a crop of the full frame to mask some of the problems I was having. I don't think I'll be going back to it.

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Wow!! A tour de force. And thank you for the explanation. Superb.

[RickS (Rick)]

Nice work on an unusual target, Steve!

[clive milne]

There is a lot to like about this image Steve as well as the choice of target. .... kudos!

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by clive milne

There is a lot to like about this image Steve as well as the choice of target. .... kudos!

Thanks Clive. I have this colleague in the UK who regularly suggests unusual targets

Originally Posted by RickS

Nice work on an unusual target, Steve!

Thanks Rick

Originally Posted by Placidus

Wow!! A tour de force. And thank you for the explanation. Superb.

Sounds like you must have liked it - thanks for the comments. I can't take any credit for the explanation as I just lifted that from the web.

[Rex]

Nice going Steve, definitely a tiny target and despite your difficulties you've done a great job.

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by Rex

Nice going Steve, definitely a tiny target and despite your difficulties you've done a great job.

Thanks Rex

[Ross G]

Great capture Steve.

Ross.

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by Ross G

Great capture Steve.

Ross.

Thanks Ross. This might be one of the few amateur photos of this object.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

That's quite impressive.

[atalas]

Awesome pic Steve!hope you get back to It some day.

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by atalas

Awesome pic Steve!hope you get back to It some day.

Thanks Louie. I might do but I've been given another similar one in Antlia to look at so maybe I'll check that out first.

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

That's quite impressive.

Thanks Kevin

[Shiraz (Ray)]

very interesting image Steve - impressive.

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by Shiraz

very interesting image Steve - impressive.

Thanks Ray. It's certainly nice to go after something a bit unusual.