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.