This galaxy is located 80 million light-years away in the constellation of Pyxis. It has a large diameter that is 140,000 light-years across. When considering the great distance, it presents a target of 6 arc min across. It has tightly wound spiral arms but no bar or ring. There is a very slight tidal tail visible on the right side of the galaxy; the most likely cause is the small companion galaxy ESO 495-G017. This galaxy can be found next to the bright blue star, about 2 o’clock from the main galaxy.
I tried something different this time; I had a go at drizzling the data set I acquired to present a larger version. I’m not sure if I picked up any extra detail. All I can say is that it added a great deal to the disk space and time required to process the image. Well, the image is larger.
Exposure Details- Red 24X380 Binned X2
- Green 24X380 Binned X2
- Blue 24X380 Binned X2
- Lum 72X600
- Total Exposure Time: 19.6 Hours
Instruments: - Telescope: 10" Ritchey-Chrétien RCOS
- Camera: SBIG STXL-11000 Mono
- Mount: Astro-Physics AP-900
- Focal Length: 2310.00 mm
- Pixel size: 9.00 um
- Resolution: 0.82 arcsec/pix
Thanks for looking.
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