12 Jan 2025
NGC 660 is an unusual and unique polar ring galaxy located about 45 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Pisces. It is the only such galaxy that is host to a "late-type lenticular galaxy" whatever that means 😉 . It probably formed when two galaxies collided a billion years ago. However, it may have started as a disk galaxy that captured material from a passing galaxy. This material may have been "stretched" over time, creating a swirling ring.
NGC 660
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Filtro | Exp. media (s) | Esposizione totale | Sottoframe |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 283 | 2h50m | 36 |
| Red | 291 | 2h50m | 35 |
| Green | 326 | 3h10m | 35 |
| Blue | 300 | 2h55m | 35 |