NGC 660, Polar Ring Galaxy in Pisces

[AndyG]

Can anyone pick out more?

Well, there's a heck of a lot more than those 6 big ones. Here's a crop from the un-processed Luminance stack, the area just above NGC 660:



The fuzziness and irregular or oblong shapes of the objects in the rectangle indicate they are galaxies! (maybe 1 or two stars, but probably about 30 galaxies there in that one little region), so there are easily hundreds visible throughout the background of the full image.

[Bruce D]

Amazing!

Every considered trying to image a couple of the brighter instances of gravitational lensing, or is that out of reach?

[Paul D]

Andy,

That image is totally magazine worthy. You need to get those images published. I will have to sit down one day and take your image and list all the galaxies like I did with so many of Astro Geeks images in the past. Just a quick look I see more than a dozen in that image. I am sure there may be more.

Ok just enlarged the image and took a close look. You probably have anywhere from 20 - 50 galaxies in that image.

[NGC7000]

Truly spectacular, Andy. All that work has really paid off.

Tom

[Stargrrl]

Thanks Andy, I didn't know about these galaxies - very cool - and a beautiful photo!

Rebekah

[Pete]

Amazing!

Every considered trying to image a couple of the brighter instances of gravitational lensing, or is that out of reach?

Hi Bruce,

The most familiar example of gravitational lensing is the "Einstein Cross" (QSO 2237+0305) in Pegasus.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... _cross.jpg[/img]

Dan told Andy about an easier to capture example of gravitational lensing (known as "The Double Quasar) back in April 2014, and Andy reported on it: viewtopic.php?f=32&t=4221

Following in Andy's footsteps I duplicated his observation in May 2014: viewtopic.php?f=77&t=4228

Quasars are neat, as they can be viewed out toward the edge of the universe. I always try to identify them if they're in the image frame.

Pete

[Bruce D]

Hi Pete, I had totally forgot all about the amazing images you and Andy took, thanks for jogging my memory

[Ronald Z]

I agree with the other ASSNE members that you have definitely crossed over into the realm
of elite astro imagers! We are proud to have you in our Club and I am sure we will a lot from your
image acquisitions.

Keep up the great work!

Ron Z

[mrgizmo65]

Andy just looking at your image reminds me of the words on the eve of the pink club house "the skies declare the glory of God"very fitting image great work.

[NGC7000]

Andy,

Thank you for sharing this incredible image and letting us see what your new scope can do.

Fantastic processing, too!

Tom