Mark Sansom
NGC 1566 and friends.
NGC 1566, affectionately known as the ‘Spanish Dancer’, is the second brightest Seyfert galaxy visible in the sky as well as one of the closest to us. Seyfert galaxies have a very luminous nucleus with many of the characteristics of a quasar.
Nestled within the heart of the Dorado Group lie NGC 1553 and NGC 1549, positioned in the bottom left of the image. Another galaxy NGC 1546 is located near the bottom left corner of the image.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uSP6Bo6qig
This is a stack of 100x30sec tracked but unguided exposures.
Taken 14th January 2026 from my light polluted backyard with my trusty 13-year-old modified Canon 6D.
GSO 8" f/4 Imaging Newtonian
Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 PRO
IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm
GSO Coma Corrector.
Adobe Lightroom & APP.
NGC 1566 and friends.
NGC 1566, affectionately known as the ‘Spanish Dancer’, is the second brightest Seyfert galaxy visible in the sky as well as one of the closest to us. Seyfert galaxies have a very luminous nucleus with many of the characteristics of a quasar.
Nestled within the heart of the Dorado Group lie NGC 1553 and NGC 1549, positioned in the bottom left of the image. Another galaxy NGC 1546 is located near the bottom left corner of the image.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uSP6Bo6qig
This is a stack of 100x30sec tracked but unguided exposures.
Taken 14th January 2026 from my light polluted backyard with my trusty 13-year-old modified Canon 6D.
GSO 8" f/4 Imaging Newtonian
Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 PRO
IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm
GSO Coma Corrector.
Adobe Lightroom & APP.