NGC 1569 a lovely galaxy...

[mdstuart]

Three more galaxies tonight but the best was NGC 1569.

It is a mag 11.9 but it was readily visible in the 20mm plossl. With higher power it was possible to look at this one with direct vision and it was still obvious.

Apparantly this one is a dwarf irregular galaxy and hubble saw loads of super nova in it...

......it is well studied by professional astronomers, who are interested in the history of star formation within the galaxy. The galaxy is relatively nearby. Consequently, the Hubble Space Telescope can easily resolve the stars within the galaxy.[3] The distance to the galaxy was previously believed to be only 2.4 Mpc (7.8 Mly).[2] However, in 2008 scientists studying images from Hubble calculated the galaxy's distance at nearly 11 million light-years away, about 4 million light-years farther than previous thought.[4][5]

Anyway really enjoyed this one..

Mark