Antilhue - Chile
Antilhue - Chile
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| Designation | NGC 1365, Bennett 16 |
| Constellation | Fornax (For) |
| Description | This barred spiral galaxy is the finest object of its type in the southern hemisphere. The ends of the central bar extend in faint streams that eventually make up a large, open but imperfect ellipse. NGC 1365 lies closer to us than the Fornax cluster of galaxies. Here is a close-up taken with the 14.5" RCOS Ritchey-Chretien. |
| Exposure | RGB 40:40:60 min @ -18°C |
| Camera | SBIG ST-10XE selfguided + CFW8 with SBIG/CS Filterset |
| Optics | Astro-Physics AP155EDFS @ f/7.2 (prime focus) - GREEN+BLUE channel and Intes Micro Maksutov-Newton MN106 @ f/5.5 (prime focus) - RED channel |
| Mount | Astro-Physics AP1200GTO |
| Software | MaxIm DL/CCD, CCD Sharp,
Registar, Adobe
Photoshop 6.0
Registar did a fine job with the different image scales and a 10° rotational difference between the R resp. the G+B channels |
| Location - Date - Time | San Esteban (Chile) - 10Oct02 @ 08:30 UTC for the GREEN+ BLUE and 04Nov02 @ 05:00 UTC for the RED channel |
| Conditions | Transparency 8, Seeing 7, Temperature +9°C, light wind |
