NGC 1042

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NGC 1042 is face-on spiral galaxy in direction of Cetus around 60 million light years away. Its low surface brightness mandates relatively dark skies in order to image it well. The general structure of the swirl is reminicent of another galaxy- NGC 4535.

Equipment

20in RC Optical Systems telescope Operating at f/8.4
Paramount ME Robotic Telescope Mount
SBIG ST10XME CCD camera with color filter wheel

L R G B color production was used to create this image.

Luminance = 90 minutes binned 1x1
 Red = 20 minutes binned 2x2
 Green = 20 minutes binned 2x2
 Blue = 20 minutes binned 2x2
  • One iteration of L-R deconvolution (sharpening) algorithm using CCDsharp wasapplied to the luminance image.

  • The seeing was a little soft for this image.
  • Digital Development (DDP) via Maxim/DL was also used in order to display the the very dim and very bright details of the image simultaneously.

    • Minimum credit line: Amy Harmon and Scott Matthews/Adam Block/NOAO/AURA/NSF

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    Updated: 10/22/2003