Ngc 1261=ngc 1269

[Geoff45]

Caught this interesting galaxy at the last new moon. It is catalogued as both NGC 1291 and NGC 1269 due to an error by John Herschel. It really needs much more exposure. I had to crank up the noise reduction quite a bit to make it look reasonable
http://www.astrobin.com/30696/
Geoff

[LewisM]

FASCINATING!

I often wonder if our own Milky Way looks something like this... one wonders...

[peeb61]

Very unusual and a nice catch!
nice one Geoff.

Paul

[Geoff45]

Error in thread title ( How do you change this?). Should be 1291= 1269.
Thanks guys for the positive comments
Geoff

[Ross G]

Great shot Geoff.

Ross.

[Larryp]

Great image of an interesting galaxy, Geoff!