NGC 1313

Posted by dcrowson
on Wednesday, November 18, 2020
NGC 1313 (the Topsy-Turvy Galaxy, ESO 82-11, PGC 12286, VV 436 and others) is an odd, barred spiral located approximately 13,900 light-years away (https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50/pdf) in Reticulum.

Luminance – 12x600s – 120 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 1x1

240 minutes total exposure – 4 hours

Imaged on October 10th and 11th and November 16th and 17th, 2020 at the El Sauce Observatory – Telescope.Live (Rio Hurtado, Chile) with a FLI PL 16803 on an ASA 500N at f/3.8 1900mm.

LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/50618235181/sizes/l/
LRGB – crop - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/50618342007/sizes/l/
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