Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Indus (Ind)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7090
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NGC 7090 - a beautiful edge-on galaxy in the southern sky, 



    
        

            Herbert Walter
NGC 7090 - a beautiful edge-on galaxy in the southern sky
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NGC 7090 - a beautiful edge-on galaxy in the southern sky

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NGC 7090 - a beautiful edge-on galaxy in the southern sky, 



    
        

            Herbert Walter
NGC 7090 - a beautiful edge-on galaxy in the southern sky
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NGC 7090 - a beautiful edge-on galaxy in the southern sky

Acquisition details

Frames:
Astrodon LRGB: 31×360(3h 6′)
Integration:
3h 6′

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 6740741

RA center: 21h36m28s.3

DEC center: -54°3321

Pixel scale: 1.237 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 357.669 degrees

Field radius: 0.424 degrees

Resolution: 1979x1473

File size: 1.3 MB

Locations: IAS - Internationale Amateur-Sternwarte, Hakos Farm, Namibia

Description

NGC 7090 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Indus in the southern sky and was discovered in 1834 by the English astronomer John Herschel.
It has an apparent magnitude of +10.7 mag and an angular extent of 7.8' × 1.3'. We see it exactly in edge-on position, the spiral arms appear here as dark dusty clouds, illuminated by the bright centre of the galaxy.
What I like about this image is the apparent outline of the bright foreground stars, which really bring out the galaxy.

https://www.skypixels.at/ngc7090_info.html

Size comparison - NGC 7090 & Full Moon & Andromeda Galaxy

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