NGC 1530
About image
NGC 1530 is a barred spiral galaxy in Camelopardalis constellation: it has dimensions 4.6'x2.4' and magitude 12.3, with an estimated distance in the range of 80 ~ 113 million light years.
This galaxy has a prominent bar with dust structures which run along the edges of the bar into the centre and there connect to a small spiral structure.
(text adapted from "The Cambridge Photographic Atlas of Galaxies")
Some very faint HII regions are barely visible on the spiral arms.
IFN faint nebulosity is visible as well in all the field, more evident in the bottom left side of the image.
Technical data R 24x300" bin3 -15C all gain 100
Optic GSO RC12 Truss - Aperture 304mm, focal lenght 2432mm, f/8
Mount 10Micron GM2000 HPSII
Camera ZWO ASI 2600 MM Pro with filter wheel 7 positions
Filters Astrodon Gen2 E-Serie Tru-Balance 50mm unmounted LRGB
Guiding system ZWO OAG-L with guide camera ASI 174MM
Exposure details L 73x300" bin3 -15C
G 24x300" bin3 -15C
B 24x300" bin3 -15C
Total integration 12h5'
Acquisition Voyager, PHD2
Processing Pixinsight 1.8, Photoshop CS5, StarXTerminator, NoiseXTerminator, BlurXTerminator
SQM-L 21.00
Location Promiod (Aosta Valley, Italy), own remote observatory
Date 31 October, 3 November 2024
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