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      ✨ NGC 660 - The Polar Ring Galaxy ✨
      Wallpaper author:
      Alessandro Motta

      12 Dec 2024

      ✨ NGC 660 - The Polar Ring Galaxy ✨

      Here is NGC 660, a spectacular polar ring galaxy located about 45 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. This unusual galaxy features a main disk intersected by an outer ring of stars and gas, likely the result of an ancient galactic merger.

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      NGC 660

      8 credit

      Open
      Telescope Live
      CHI-1-CMOS
      • Type of target
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        Galaxy
      • Camera
        ............................................................................................................................
        QHY 600M
      • Target coordinates
        ............................................................................................................................
        RA 25.7598 Dec 13.6457
      • Hemisphere
        ............................................................................................................................
        Southern
      • Telescope location
        ............................................................................................................................
        Chile
      • Transient event
        ............................................................................................................................
        No
      • Observed on
        ............................................................................................................................
        05 Nov 2023 - 01 Jan 2025
      Filter
      Avg Exp (s)
      Total Exposure
      Subframes
      Luminance2832h50m36
      Red2912h50m35
      Green3263h10m35
      Blue3002h55m35

      ✨ NGC 660 - The Polar Ring Galaxy ✨