NGC 1209 and other at 1000 Myl

[elpajare]

The main spiral galaxy is NGC 1209 located at 120 Myl. A little higher up, on your left PGC11658 appears a small spiral galaxy of only 30 kyl in which a hook-shaped spiral arm can be perceived in its N part.
And above and to the left a distant galaxy of magnitude 16.38 located at 1000 Myl.
The three in Eridanus. I hope you enjoy them....

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[Mike JW]

Always envious of you folk who live further south and thus can go for these more southerly DSO. Mind blowing to think you have picked a galaxy that is 1 billion lyrs away. In addition to my Arp programme (several in Eridanus to grab above the tree tops) I have started on the list of distant galaxies in the IC and NGC catalogues, they are 1 billion or more lyrs away. They do not make for great images but I love the idea of capturing photons that have travelled so far.

Mike

[elpajare]

That is exactly what I like, to be able to capture the light that comes from these enormous distances.

I leave beautiful photos for astrophotographers