NGC 1398 “Glittering amongst millions”
This stunning photograph showcases the face on spiral galaxy NGC 1398, located approximately 65 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Fornax. NGC 1398 is classified as a barred spiral galaxy; in this image, its brilliant central bar and graceful spiral arms stand out vividly and eventually those spiral arms fade amid a sea of stars. However, a closer look reveals the surrounding space is filled with subtle glimmers and swirling shapes of countless distant galaxies. Larger than our own Milky Way, NGC 1398 boasts more than 100 billion stars.
The black and white with color insert version shows the extent of the really faint spiral arms.
Imaged in LRGBHa on a Planewave CDK 24 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile. Taken Moravian C5.
200x300L - 16.5Hours, 60x300 - 5Hours Each RGB
31.5 hours total
Enjoy,
SWOS Group, Mazlin, Parker, Forman, Magill, Hanson
LRGB
Inverted with color core
NGC 1398 Updated
NGC 1398 is an isolated barred spiral galaxy with a double ring structure. It is located in Fornax 65 million light years from here. This deep image shows two faint arms that almost encase the rest of the galaxy.
Imaged in LRGB on our PlaneWave CDK 1000 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.
Image Processing: Mark Hanson
Data and Preprocessing: Mike Selby
Enjoy, Mark
Newest Version Reviling the outer arms.
Taken with CDK 1000 from Chile Hanson-Selby
This is the newest image of NGC 1398 from both telescopes in Chile.
Here is 100% crop of the image
Mark Hanson, S. Mazlin, W. Keller, R. Parker, T. Tse, P. Proulx, D. Plesko; SSRO/PROMPT/CTIO
Telescope:16" RCOS f11.2 Planewave HD Mount
Camera: U9
Location: SSRO, Cito Chile