Ngc1532

[Paul Haese]

Another interesting galaxy which is not imaged too often but presents a really interesting looking interaction between it and NGC1531, which is the smaller galaxy slightly above the main attraction. It looks like the plain of the arms is being pulled apart by the interaction/merger.

Also of interest is the multitude of smaller galaxies in the back ground. I lost count of the small ones, they appear almost every where.

This image has about 9 hours of Ha integrated into it but there only appears to be a few small blobs of Ha detectible in one of the arms. Total integration is 36.6 hours.

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[TrevorW]

a winner

[atalas]

Awesome

[Bart]

Very nice Paul, very lovely work!

[alpal]

Hi Paul,
that could be the best image you've ever taken.
Well done.


cheers
Allan

[gregbradley]

That's a beauty Paul. The bright blue star adds some interest to the field as well.

Greg.

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

That's very special indeed. Apart from the obvious detail and depth, there's the beautiful colour.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

A picturesque result Paul with lovely colour . It's a fascinating galaxy, have always loved that bent arm that looks to have been pulled up by the smaller galaxy. At a relatively nearby 50million lightyears, so stretching some 13 arc min across, it's surprisingly bright and large on the sky, so even though it is almost edge on, some nice details have been extracted along the plain of the galaxy there, cool In contrast, I'm finishing off a galaxy over three times further away, quite the opposite on offer

Mike

[Andy01 (Andy)]

That's an unusual one, looks great with lots of detail, well done!