Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Eridanus (Eri)  ·  Contains:  NGC 1232
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NGC 1232, Jochen Maes
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NGC 1232, Jochen Maes

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NGC 1232 is a spiral galaxy in the Eridanus constellation, around 60 million light years from earth.

At first sight, it would appear that the galaxy has a smaller satellite galaxy companion (at around 8 o’clock in my image). This is however believed to be a misconception. To the best of our knowledge/measurements, both galaxies are in fact a few million light years apart and hence not interacting in any way. It’s just an optical illusion as seen from our vantage point on earth.

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13x1200” HA
17x1200” Red
18x1200” Green
15x1200” Blue

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NGC 1232, Jochen Maes