02 Feb 2026
NGC 1566, Intermediate Spiral Galaxy
NGC 1566 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Dorado. It is a southern hemisphere object. (TheSky, Software Bisque)
Image processed by Andrew Macica, original data from Telescope Live.
Imaging Details:
Observatory: El Sauce Observatory
Location: Rio Hurtado Valley, Coquimbo Region, Chile
Telescope: ASA 1000, a 1-m telescope
with a Ritchey Chretien design
Aperture: 1000 mm (39 inches), f/6.8
Focal Length: 6800 mm
Camera: FLI ProLine PL16803 CCD
Filters: LRGB, H-alpha
Total Exposure: 2 hours 10 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.
NGC 1566
2 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 65.0017 Dec -54.9379
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................25 Nov 2020 - 07 Jan 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 400 | 40m | 6 |
| Red | 300 | 25m | 5 |
| Green | 300 | 25m | 5 |
| Blue | 300 | 25m | 5 |
| Halpha | 180 | 15m | 5 |