Wallpaper author:
Simone Bolzoni
05 Mar 2026
NGC 3115, the Spindle Galaxy in Sextans
The elegant silhouette of the lenticular galaxy NGC 3115, a sort of prototype for this class of objects, somewhere between spirals and ellipticals. It is also the most representative object in the small constellation Sextans, bordering Hydra.
This image was remotely acquired from Chile on March 6, 2022. The total exposure was 80 minutes in LRGB with a Planewave CDK24 60-cm f/6.5 telescope and a FLI ProLine PL9000 camera.
Credits: Simone Bolzoni | El Sauce Observatory (Chile) | Telescope Live
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 3115
5 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 151.325 Dec -7.75556
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................06 Mar 2022 - 09 Mar 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 600 | 1h40m | 10 |
| Red | 600 | 1h40m | 10 |
| Green | 600 | 1h40m | 10 |
| Blue | 600 | 1h40m | 10 |