23 Jun 2025
NGC 660 is a peculiar and unique polar ring galaxy, located approximately 45 million light-years from Earth in the constellation of Pisces.
Polar ring galaxies, a rare type of galaxy, have a substantial population of stars, gas, and dust orbiting in rings almost perpendicular to the plane of a thin galactic disk.
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 |