Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Horologium (Hor)  ·  Contains:  NGC 1433
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NGC 1433, Mathieu Guinot
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NGC 1433

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NGC 1433

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NGC 1433 is a beautiful barred spiral galaxy with a double ring structure, located about 46 millions light-years away in the constellation of Horologium. It is a Seyfert galaxy with an active galactic nucleus and its central region displays intense star formation activity, with an irregular star-forming ring of 5″ radius. Star formation is also noticeable in the spiral arms but not the bar of the galaxy.

Data set from Telescope Live taken at El Sauce Observatory, from 2022/03/06 to 2022/10/01.

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NGC 1433, Mathieu Guinot