This
Astrobin Debut Object, known as both NGC 1452 and NGC 1455, s a lenticular galaxy located 75 million light years away in the constellation of Eridanus at a declination of -19 degrees. It is a magnitude 12.5 galaxy which spans 3 arc-minutes in our apparent view. This corresponds to a diameter of 70,000 light years. This galaxy is part of the Eridanus cluster of approximately 200 galaxies, discovered by William Herschel in 1785.
I love this structure – a
barlense across the inner region, spanning a mid-disk ring. Bright
ansae are seen at each end of the bar. The disk inclination to us is closer to edge-on than face-on. The ring faintly splits at each end of the oval.
It is hard to see clearly, but it looks to me like a small dwarf galaxy is embedded in the upper right part of the outer disk. Some asymmetric disturbance is seen, with a void to the left of the bright stellar-like object and a brighter area to the right.
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