NGC 1291 - a nice ring galaxy

Stevec35 (Steve) · #1 26-09-2016, 10:35 PM

Hi to all

NGC 1291 is a nice bright galaxy in Eridanus that I've never imaged before and you don't see too many images of it. There is a fair bit of subtle detail in this one but it's not a colorful galaxy. Conditions were the usual mix of good and bad but given the recent weather I was glad to get something.

Cheers

Steve

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

strongmanmike (Michael) · #2 26-09-2016, 10:58 PM

Nice capture, especially from suburban Canberra Steve, the subtle features are showing nicely. Another one I was considering shooting myself

Very cool galaxy

Mike

Atmos (Colin) · #3 26-09-2016, 11:00 PM

That is a really interesting galaxy Steve, the outer galactic halo would suggest that it has potentially had a recent merger with the small smudge at 5oclock, potentially an irregular dwarf galaxy.

marc4darkskies (Marcus) · #4 26-09-2016, 11:10 PM

Very nicely done indeed Steve! Love the subtle structure in the core.

Cheers, Marcus

Stevec35 (Steve) · #5 26-09-2016, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Very nicely done indeed Steve! Love the subtle structure in the core.

Cheers, Marcus

Thanks Marcus. It was a battle to bring that structure out.

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Originally Posted by Atmos

That is a really interesting galaxy Steve, the outer galactic halo would suggest that it has potentially had a recent merger with the small smudge at 5oclock, potentially an irregular dwarf galaxy.

Thanks Colin. It certainly looks that way although in my limited consultation of the literature I couldn't see anything.

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Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Nice capture, especially from suburban Canberra Steve, the subtle features are showing nicely. Another one I was considering shooting myself

Very cool galaxy

Mike

Thanks Mike. Actually I had a feeling that you already had done it and was looking for it on your website yesterday. Must have dreamed it.

astronobob (Bob) · #6 26-09-2016, 11:20 PM

You have put this together very well considering good & bad Steve, check the details out, , , very remarkable

Stevec35 (Steve) · #7 26-09-2016, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by astronobob

You have put this together very well considering good & bad Steve, check the details out, , , very remarkable

Thanks Bob. Of course if you have a look at the CHART32 version it blows my image away. Of course it's from an 80cm scope on a mountain in Chile.

RickS (Rick) · #8 27-09-2016, 06:51 AM

That's a very nice image, Steve, with lots of subtle details.

Geoff45 (Geoff) · #9 27-09-2016, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Stevec35

Hi to all
Conditions were the usual mix of good and bad but given the recent weather I was glad to get something.

Cheers

Steve

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

Weather! What a pain it's been!

The capture is very nice Steve. Really good detail. Quite a few faint fuzzies lurking in the background. I found that is possible to tweak it to bring out a bit more structure in the ring and core. I used LHE in PixInsight but I imagine this will be possible in other applications as well.
Stars are great--small, round and colourful
Geoff

el_draco (Rom) · #10 27-09-2016, 09:07 AM

There be galaxies in that ring...!

Peter Ward · #11 27-09-2016, 09:54 AM

A very competent rendition of a rarely imaged Galaxy. Nice one

atalas · #12 27-09-2016, 11:09 AM

Awesome Steve!

Andy01 (Andy) · #13 27-09-2016, 01:04 PM

Very cool, havn't seen that one before - well done!

Stevec35 (Steve) · #14 27-09-2016, 03:12 PM

Thanks for all the nice comments guys. Geoff, I'll have a look at LHE in Pixinsight. Never used it before although I use PI for some things.

Geoff45 (Geoff) · #15 27-09-2016, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Stevec35

Thanks for all the nice comments guys. Geoff, I'll have a look at LHE in Pixinsight. Never used it before although I use PI for some things.

Just use with caution--it's a tool that is very easy to overuse.
Geoff

Stevec35 (Steve) · #16 27-09-2016, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Geoff45

Just use with caution--it's a tool that is very easy to overuse.
Geoff

Just tried it - looks very promising

gregbradley · #17 27-09-2016, 06:04 PM

A very nice image Steve. I've wanted to reimage this one myself. I quite like those types of galaxies.

Greg.

Placidus (Mike and Trish) · #18 27-09-2016, 06:19 PM

That's quite inspiring, Steve. Makes us want to have a go. Interesting subtle dust lanes in the inner galaxy. A few very distant friends, too.

Nicola (Nicola) · #19 27-09-2016, 06:40 PM

Beautiful image! Well done!

Stevec35 (Steve) · #20 27-09-2016, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Nicola

Beautiful image! Well done!

Thanks Nicola

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Originally Posted by Placidus

That's quite inspiring, Steve. Makes us want to have a go. Interesting subtle dust lanes in the inner galaxy. A few very distant friends, too.

Thanks M&T. I'm sure you would produce a great result.

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Originally Posted by gregbradley

A very nice image Steve. I've wanted to reimage this one myself. I quite like those types of galaxies.

Greg.

Thanks Greg. Just went looking for it on your website and couldn't find it.