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NGC474

Image taken at Swan Reach, South Australia

Equipment - 300mm OOUK AG12 Newtonian with Wynne corrector, ZWO 6200MM, Software Bisque PME

Guiding - ZWO 120 Mini guider

Software - MaximDL 6, Focusmax V4, SkyX, CCDautopilot 5

LRGB 30.9 hours

Processed in CCDstack 2, Pixinsight and Photoshop CS6

Object -NGC474 is located in the constellation of Pisces at a distance of 100 million light years. The galaxy displays tidal tails from previous mergers.

NGC470 (the blue galaxy) is located around 91 million light years away. It is a spiral galaxy and is interacting with NGC474.

NGC467 is a lenticular galaxy and lies at distance of 283 million light years.

 

 

 

 

  

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