NGC660 and some friends in Pisces. The galaxy at bottom right is PGC6292 aka IC418. At the top is PGC6364.
Polar-ring galaxies are believed to be formed by tidal accretion from a passing galaxy or by a merger. In the case of NGC660 the ring is at a 45 degree angle to the galactic poles and was probably formed by accretion.
So many interesting galaxies in that field! NGC660 almost looks like it has two galaxies within each other, that 45º part in the middle. If you look at both ends of that 45º bit, it makes an S.
Fascinating galaxy this one Rick. Like Saturn, that very cool ring makes it look 3D. Great vibrant colours and due to your large field of view with excellent sampling it is a treat to surf around, stuff everywhere I have wanted to have a shot at this baby with my setup but keep bypassing it because at +14deg Dec it seems just that bit too low from Canberra to do it great justice..?
...makes me wanna put my 16803 back on the AG12 though
Excellent processing as usual but one thought, the sky does look quite black on my monitor like it is hiding some faint stuff in places..?
Lots of interesting stuff here Rick, quite aside from the main subject, which is really good. Perticularly interesting is the strangish object slightly left of centre top. There are 3 things that look like spiral arms in front of which could be 2 field stars or one could be a very bright galactic nucleus. I'm going for the foreground stars.
Geoff
So many interesting galaxies in that field! NGC660 almost looks like it has two galaxies within each other, that 45º part in the middle. If you look at both ends of that 45º bit, it makes an S.
Really nice work there Rick!
Thanks, Colin. It would be interesting to see the shape in 3D. Perhaps a project for the next holiday at home
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Fascinating galaxy this one Rick. Like Saturn, that very cool ring makes it look 3D. Great vibrant colours and due to your large field of view with excellent sampling it is a treat to surf around, stuff everywhere I have wanted to have a shot at this baby with my setup but keep bypassing it because at +14deg Dec it seems just that bit too low from Canberra to do it great justice..?
...makes me wanna put my 16803 back on the AG12 though
Excellent processing as usual but one thought, the sky does look quite black on my monitor like it is hiding some faint stuff in places..?
Thanks for the veiw
Thanks very much, Mike! I don't think I've clipped anything (it's easy to see in PixInsight when you do) but I did do a hefty contrast curve at the end so maybe I went too far. I'll take a look when I get home. Don't think there's any faint jets or loops in this one.
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Originally Posted by Geoff45
Lots of interesting stuff here Rick, quite aside from the main subject, which is really good. Perticularly interesting is the strangish object slightly left of centre top. There are 3 things that look like spiral arms in front of which could be 2 field stars or one could be a very bright galactic nucleus. I'm going for the foreground stars.
Geoff
Thanks, Geoff. I think you're talking about PGC6364. It looks like it has some faint spiral structure and a dim nucleus to me, so I'd agree they are foreground stars.
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Originally Posted by Paul Haese
That is a really cool field of view. So many interesting things to be seen within the field. Lovely colour saturation too. Very nice image Rick.
Thanks, Paul. Wasn't sure if I overdid the colour. I'm sure I went too far for some tastes
Very nice Rick. Can't help thinking it would have been better at F9 on the C300 though. I guess its a long way to go to change the corrector! Cropping a 9 micron pixelled image at F4.9 at shorter focal length versus long focal length at 9 microns. I think there is a difference.
Very cool. Looks like the old flash logo.
I bet the galaxy doesn't show up at all on IOS.
Ta, Marc
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Originally Posted by gregbradley
Very nice Rick. Can't help thinking it would have been better at F9 on the C300 though. I guess its a long way to go to change the corrector! Cropping a 9 micron pixelled image at F4.9 at shorter focal length versus long focal length at 9 microns. I think there is a difference.
Thanks, Greg. I think you're right. We switched to f/4.9 when we had some collimation issues and the guys didn't have time to go back to f/9 before they had to leave. I can't decide if it's a good or a bad thing. I do love the bigger FOV but for galaxies you can't beat focal length (esp when you get seeing better than 1 arc sec.)
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Originally Posted by SkyViking
Nice one Rick, a great image of this very interesting galaxy. The large field is a joy to surf around in.
Wow! One can zoom in for ages on the Mark of Zorro dust lanes, seeing ever more tiny jagged details. Same with the tiny blue dots of new star formation. Superb!
Wow! One can zoom in for ages on the Mark of Zorro dust lanes, seeing ever more tiny jagged details. Same with the tiny blue dots of new star formation. Superb!
I have wanted to have a shot at this baby with my setup but keep bypassing it because at +14deg Dec it seems just that bit too low from Canberra to do it great justice..?
