NGC 1532, Spiral Galaxy interacting with the dwarf galaxy NGC 1531

NGC 1532 is a Spiral Galaxy interacting with the dwarf galaxy NGC 1531. Both galaxies are located in the constellation Eridanus. NGC 1532 is an edge on Spiral Galaxy. To it's lower right can be seen two distinct features. A line of bright starburst activity at the edge of the galaxy. Also a stream of stars, gas and dust have been pulled off the edge of the galaxy. (NOIRLAB)

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: FLI PL 9000 CCD

Filters: Ha, LRGB

Total Exposure: 11 hours 30 min.

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

BlurXTerminator, NoiseXTerminator (RC Astro);

Adobe Photoshop 25.12.4

Adobe Lightroom Classic 15.1.1

Instruction on PixInsight from Adam Block Studios.