NGC 1291 The Ring Galaxy

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Boy, this is one faint galaxy.
This is 2hrs and 15 minutes of subs, 13x10, 1x5, and I've squeezed just about all I can out of this set of data.
I'll definitely be adding more onto this interesting galaxy.

I managed to catch another hour of data last night and gee it's made a difference to the overall quality of the image.
See second image.

A bit of info from Wiki..
NGC 1291, also known as NGC 1269, is a ring galaxy with an unusual inner bar and outer ring structure located about 33 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. It was discovered by James Dunlop in 1826 and subsequently entered into the New General Catalog as NGC 1291 by Johan Ludvig Emil Dreyer. John Herschel then observed the same object in 1836 and entered it into the catalog as NGC 1269 without realizing that it was a duplicate. This galaxy was cited as an example of a "transitional galaxy" by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer team in 2007.

[RickS (Rick)]

Nice work, JJJ! Looks like a tricky target.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Wow! Very smooth. Faint alright. Nicely done.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Nice work!

[TimberLand (Justin)]

Great object and well done you have really push your gear to the limit with this one and given me my next challenge but I don't know if my setup can match your results.

Justin

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

really really nice, plus always great to get a view of a less imaged and interesting target!

Cheers,

Rusty

[pvelez (Pete)]

That is a great shot JJJ. Will need to look that one up

Pete

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Thanks for looking everyone.
I think it will need at least another 2hrs to brighten the Ring and another 2 hours to smooth out the back ground.
Any extra data thrown at it will be a bonus.

[Garbz (Chris)]

Now that I can see it properly I'm even more impressed. Beautiful start. I take it you're going to add more data to it?

[gregbradley]

Great image JJJ. That's a very cool looking galaxy and very nicely processed.

Greg.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

You did a good job on this one. Which scope? The 127ED?

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Interesting target JJJ. Nicely done.

[John Hothersall]

This is a new one for me and so interesting with its structure and pretty big also, good catch.

John.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Hmm? actually according to LEDA it is quite bright at 21.2 mag/squ arc sec which is actually brighter than NGC 253...strange perhaps that is just for the inner ring..?

Anyway, a very cool looking galaxy that, I have see it before and you have done a nice job on showcasing it's main feature there

Mike

[LewisM]

Nicely done JJJ

[Shiraz (Ray)]

A really nice smooth image Jeanette - fascinating object. regards ray

[Regulus (Trevor)]

Congrats on a great image. I am looking forward to seeing what you get out of it with the extra data.

Trevor

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Originally Posted by rustigsmed

really really nice, plus always great to get a view of a less imaged and interesting target!

Cheers,

Rusty

+1 on my side JJJ

Regards
Marco

[stevous67 (Steve M)]

That is really neat, sweeeet.

Steve