NGC 1073 Spiral Galaxy in Cetus (Michael Feigenbaum)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cetus (Cet) · Contains: MQ J024324.97+012536.9 · MQ J024341.89+012102.0 · NGC 1073 · NGC 1073 U1 · NGC 1073 U2 · PGC 1190049 · PGC 1190336 · PGC 1191997 · PGC 1195114 · PGC 1197518 · PGC 1197525 · PGC 1198129 · PGC 1199872 · PGC 213078 · PGC 213079 · PKS 0241+011 · SDSS J024229.85+013120.8 · SDSS J024240.20+012256.8 · SDSS J024241.85+011330.6 · SDSS J024253.54+011334.7 · SDSS J024258.94+012917.8 · SDSS J024300.73+010915.0 · SDSS J024307.94+012701.2 · SDSS J024308.07+012155.6 · SDSS J024310.60+011651.4 · SDSS J024314.73+011551.5 · SDSS J024317.53+011841.3 · SDSS J024322.88+011707.0 · SDSS J024323.93+012550.1 · SDSS J024332.54+012405.8 · And 15 more.

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NGC 1073 Spiral Galaxy in Cetus

Well, it's been a while since I've been able to do any imaging... I have a big project going in Tennessee and when I get home, the weather conditions and/or the moon have not been kind to me. But still, I finally got one done.

NGC1073 is a barred spiral lying about 55 million light years away in Cetus. I like the unusual and asymmetric arms on this one. There are also a large number of distant galaxies and at least three quasars in the field which are an added bonus and something that I love to find when I do images like this one. Many of these were picked up in the advanced plate-solving but it seem there are many more in the field that were not.

I find that with this new mount and its fantastic guiding, I am able to get a little more detail in my images. I integrated a bit of Hα into this but as I am wont to do, I tried to keep it reasonable and not over emphasize it.

Anyway, I hope you like this one! Clear Skies and good health to you all.

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RA (center)	02h43m39s.759
RA (top/left)	02h44m37s.140
RA (top/right)	02h42m24s.250
RA (bottom/right)	02h42m42s.132
RA (bottom/left)	02h44m54s.899

Dec (center)	+01°22′39″.99
Dec (top/left)	+01°37′39″.18
Dec (top/right)	+01°31′24″.74
Dec (bottom/right)	+01°07′39″.20
Dec (bottom/left)	+01°13′54″.82

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