NGC 660
NGC660 Polar Ring Galaxy
NGC 660 Polar ring Galaxy is approximately 20 million light years away in the constellation Pisces. A Polar Ring Galaxy is a type of galaxy in which an outer ring of gas and stars rotates over the poles of the galaxy. A rare galaxy, these galaxies have a substantial population of stars, gas, and dust orbiting in rings, perpendicular to the plane of the galactic disk. This may have been caused by capturing material from a passing galaxy.
Crop of galaxy
NGC660 10min Luminance Subframes x 40 = 400min combined image
NGC660 10min Red Subframes x 13 = 130min combined image
NGC660 10min Blue Subframes x 22 = 220min combined image
NGC660 10min Green Subframes x 12 = 120min combined image
Scope Planewave 17in
Camera Apogee U16
Mount Paramount ME
Filters Astrodon LRGB
Exposures R 2.1Hrs G 2Hrs B 3.6Hrs L 6.6Hrs LRGB 10min subs
Location Sierra Nevada Mountains CA. Heavens Mirror Observatory SRO 2011