This pair of beautiful
Astrobin Debut Objects is located in the constellation of Pisces at a declination of +6 degrees.
NGC 7518 is the barred spiral at the bottom, located 160 million light years away. This galaxy spans 1.4 arc-minutes in our apparent view, which corresponds to a diameter of 70,000 light years. The arm structure defines a pseudo-ring around the yellow oval inner region. Arm fragments extend out it what is best described as a wacky manner. I like how the outer arms terminate in star plumes, wider for the top arm than for the bottom one.
UGC 12423 is the superthin edge-on spiral galaxy, further away at 220 million light years. This is one of the largest diameter spiral galaxies in the sky, at twice the size of the Milky Way. It spans 4 arc-minutes in our apparent view, which corresponds to a diameter of 250,000 light years.
I wish I had imaged this one earlier for inclusion into my
Superthin Galaxies poster. I love the mid-line dust lane and how it tries to hide the yellow bulged core. The galaxy is warped at each end, as many of these superthin galaxies are.
Many distant galaxies are seen in the background.
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