This SAB(s)bc barred Spiral Galaxy is locatetd in the constellation of Dorado,deep down in the southern skies.It was first seen by John Herschel in 1837.Apparently sized 5,4′ × 1,3′ and
shining with an magnitude of 11,3mag,its an easy object for mid-sized telescopes (>6" aperutre).It is memeber of a small galaxy-group,called the NGC1515-group
position (epoch 2000):
Rektaszension 04h 04m 02,72s
Deklination -54° 06′ 00,2″
image.data:
LRGB (460-140-140-140 min),a total of 14.7 hours
80cm f/7 AstroOptik Keller corrected cassegrain
FLI Proline 16803 Astrodon LRGB Gen-II filters
Prompt 7 CTIO/UNC Chile,remote controlled
image processing: Bernd Flach-Wilken
in this squared 19.5arcmin. large field the main galaxy is NGC1515,he smaller one PGC 14388
for full resolution click HERE
this is larger version of these galaxies: