NGC 1060

Posted by dcrowson
on Sunday, August 28, 2022
NGC 1060 (UGC 2191, PGC 10302 and others), the large elliptical just below center, is the largest member of a group of approximately 15 galaxies. This one is located approximately 222.4 million light-years away in Triangulum.

This field contains numerous other galaxies. See the annotated image.

Luminance – 24x600s – 240 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2

360 minutes total exposure – 6 hours

Imaged December 5th, 2021 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at f/8 2432mm.

LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/52301847323/sizes/l/
LRGB annotated - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/52301834766/sizes/l/

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