a. v. ley
NGC 772 The Nautilis Galaxy
This huge galaxy--200,000 light years across--that's twice the size of the Milky Way, is approximately 130 million light years away in the direction of the constellation Aries. It is referred to by some authors as “The Nautilus Galaxy.” Its unusual shape is caused by gravitational distortion due by the much smaller NGC 770 galaxy immediately above and to the right. There are an astounding number of other galaxies in this image as well. It is probably the most distant object I've ever tried to image.
Captured at the General Nathan Twinning Observatory in Belen, New Mexico on October 25th and 29th using a C11 HD with f/7 focal reducer, an ASI1600mm camera, ASI L, 7 nm R, G and B filters and a Losmandy G11 mount. 24 x 300” luminance subframes and 12 x 300” each or R, G and B were combined using PixInsight and further processed in PS CS2.
NGC 772 The Nautilis Galaxy
This huge galaxy--200,000 light years across--that's twice the size of the Milky Way, is approximately 130 million light years away in the direction of the constellation Aries. It is referred to by some authors as “The Nautilus Galaxy.” Its unusual shape is caused by gravitational distortion due by the much smaller NGC 770 galaxy immediately above and to the right. There are an astounding number of other galaxies in this image as well. It is probably the most distant object I've ever tried to image.
Captured at the General Nathan Twinning Observatory in Belen, New Mexico on October 25th and 29th using a C11 HD with f/7 focal reducer, an ASI1600mm camera, ASI L, 7 nm R, G and B filters and a Losmandy G11 mount. 24 x 300” luminance subframes and 12 x 300” each or R, G and B were combined using PixInsight and further processed in PS CS2.