NGC 1097, Barred Spiral Galaxy

NGC 1097 is a barred spiral galaxy about 45 million light years distant. It is located in the constellation Fornax. NGC 1097 is also a Seyfert galaxy. Seyfert galaxies have quasar like nuclei. They have very luminous nuclei that emit intense electromagnetic radiation. Unlike quasars the host galaxy is clearly detectable. (NASA Science)

Image processed by Andrew Macica, original data from Telescope Live.

Imaging Details:

Observatory: Rio Hurtado Valley, Chile

Telescope: Planewave CDK24

Aperture: 610 mm (24 inches), f/6.5

Focal Length: 3962 mm

Camera: QHY 600M Pro CMOS

Filters: LRGB

Total Exposure: 8 hours 35 min.

Image Processing: PixInsight 1.8.9-3 Ripley (x64);

BlurXTerminator, NoiseXTerminator (RC Astro);

Adobe Photoshop 12.5.1;

Adobe Lightroom Classic 14.1.1

Instruction on PixInsight from Adam Block Studios.