NGC 660, a starburst polar-ring galaxy (Jan Scheers)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Pisces (Psc) · Contains: NGC 660

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NGC 660, a starburst polar-ring galaxy

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NGC 660, a starburst polar-ring galaxy

Link: http://www.nachthemel.be/NGC660.html

NGC 660 is a peculiar and unique polar-ring galaxy located approximately 45 million light-years from Earth in the Pisces constellation.

A rare galaxy type, polar-ring galaxies have a substantial population of stars, gas, and dust orbiting in rings strongly tilted from the plane of the galactic disk. The bizarre-looking configuration could have been caused by the chance capture of material from a passing galaxy by a disk galaxy, with the captured debris eventually strung out in a rotating ring. The violent gravitational interaction would account for the myriad star forming regions scattered along NGC 660's ring. Broader than the disk, NGC 660's ring spans over 50,000 light-years.

This image is acquired with the ASA RC-1000AZ telescope and FLI PL16803 CCD-camera from Telescope Live in El Sauce Observatory, Chile.
Total exposure time: 160 minutes. LRGB 6:4:2:4 subs of 600s with each filter.

Processing with AstroPixelProcessor, Photoshop CC with AstroPanel V4.2, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Sharpen AI and Denoise Projects 3 plug-ins.

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RA (center)	01h43m03s.168
RA (top/left)	01h42m34s.475
RA (top/right)	01h43m46s.222
RA (bottom/right)	01h43m31s.850
RA (bottom/left)	01h42m20s.259

Dec (center)	+13°38′58″.15
Dec (top/left)	+13°49′20″.63
Dec (top/right)	+13°45′50″.19
Dec (bottom/right)	+13°28′35″.50
Dec (bottom/left)	+13°32′05″.85

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