Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sculptor (Scl)  ·  Contains:  IC 1537  ·  NGC 55
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
The Whale Galaxy - NGC55, Ed Dixon
The Whale Galaxy - NGC55
Powered byPixInsight

The Whale Galaxy - NGC55

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
The Whale Galaxy - NGC55, Ed Dixon
The Whale Galaxy - NGC55
Powered byPixInsight

The Whale Galaxy - NGC55

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

Initial cut at an image of The Whale Galaxy - NGC55.  Taken the week of 11/16/21 at the Siding Spring observatory part of the iTelescope facility in Coonabarabran, New South Wales.  Taken with a Planewave 20’’ 500mm telescope and  FLI-PL6303E camera.  Image is from 300 minutes of LRGB data.  Processed with Pixinsight, and Apple edit software.  A work still in progress.

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

The Whale Galaxy - NGC55, Ed Dixon