NGC 1232 in LRGB

Image Title: NGC 1232 in LRGB

Date image was taken: 12/22/2022

Image Description and Details : NGC 1232 is a spiral galaxy located at 65 million light-years from us in the direction of the Eridanus constellation. This galaxy is classified as an intermediate spiral galaxy, somewhere between a barred and unbarred spiral galaxy.

NGC 1232 is a galaxy seen strictly from the front, and provides an excellent laboratory for the study of star formation. Without the use of a narrowband filter (Hα), several nebulae (in pink) already appear in the spiral arms.

Note the presence of a companion (NGC 1232A) located just above and deformed, in the shape of the Greek letter "theta", by the gravitational forces of the host galaxy.

Technical details :

• PlaneWave CDK 12.5’ (318mm) at F/D 8
• 10 micron GM 2000 combi
• Zwo Asi 294mm pro Camera
• 3.5nm
• Sampling: 0.38 arcsec
• 192 x 180s L : 9 h 36 min
• 46x3x120s RGB : 4 h 36 min
• Total integration : 14 h 12 min
• DOF : 31/149/25
• Date : December 2022
• Location : Oukaimeden, Morocco.

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