NGC 1566 - Spanish Dancer Galaxy

NGC 1566, also known as the Spanish Dancer Galaxy is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Dorado. It was discovered by James Dunlop in 1826 and is a 10th magnitude Galaxy in brightness. Because of its distance it is difficult to determine the Galaxies distance from earth, but it is beleived to be approximately 40 million light years.

 

This is a reprocess of some old data from our old 6 inch Skywatcher Newtonian reflector a few year back.

 

Equipment Details:

•6 Inch Skywatcher F5.0 (150/750mm) Newtonian Reflector

•Skywatcher HEQ5 Mount

•SBIG ST2000xm CCD Camera

•SBIG cfw8a Filter Wheel

•Custom Scientific Lum, Red, Green and Blue Filters

•Orion Mini 50mm Guide Scope

•Meade DSIii CCD Guide Camera

•Polemaster for polar alignment

 

Exposure Details:

•Lum 20X180 seconds - Bin 1x1

•Red 10X180 seconds - Bin 1x1

•Green 10X180 seconds - Bin 1x1

•Blue 10X180 seconds - Bin 1x1

 

Total Integration Time: 2.5 hours

Done