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NGC 1300   

NGC 1300 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Eridanus. It has a bright core, but its arms are considerably dimmer. With a visual magnitude of 11.4, it can be seen in small telescopes under good sky conditions, although its relatively small apparent size (6 × 4 arc-min) makes it difficult to bring out its details. NGC 1300 is located around 61 million LY from us. The galaxy has a physical diameter of around 110,000 LY (about 2/3 the size of our Milky Way Galaxy). It is part of the Eridanus Group of galaxies, which contains around 200 members.
NGC 1300 was discovered by John Herschel in 1835.

Date(s) Acquired: 21, 22, 23 January 2017
Telescope: Orion 120mm EON Apochromatic Refractor
Camera: QSI Model 583 with TeleVue 2X PowerMate

 

   Exposure Time (min) 
   Number of Exposures
   RGB
   15
   Hα
   -
   Hβ
   -
   OIII
   -
   RGB
   6
   Hα
   0
   Hβ
   0
   OIII
   0

 

Processing:
Master red, green, and blue images created using SuperSIAM.
Color composite image created using Basic Processing Procedure III.
Color composite image contrast-stretched using Adobe Photoshop.




 

 

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