NGC 1210 - a shell galaxy

[Stevec35]

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/ngc1210_STXL6303_RC14.htm

[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?

[Stevec35]

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]

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

[RickS]

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]

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



Thanks Rick



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]

Thanks Rex

[Ross G]

Great capture Steve.

Ross.

[Stevec35]

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

[cometcatcher]

That's quite impressive.

[atalas]

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

[Stevec35]

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.



Thanks Kevin

[Shiraz]

very interesting image Steve - impressive.

[Stevec35]

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