NGC1832 is a barred-spiral-galaxy of Hubble-Typ SB(r)bc can be found in the constellation of Lepus.Only sized 2,6′ × 1,7′ and not of greater brightness than 12.5mag it is nevertheless an easy object for mid-sized telescopes (<6inch aperture).
The real distance is about 90 mio.lightyears with an diameter of 65.000 lightyears.It was first seen by William Herschel in early 1785.
position:
RA.: 05h 12m 03,0s
Decl.: -15° 41′ 20″
image data:
NGC 1832 Galaxy in Reticulum
LRGB image with L = 24x1200s, RGB = 8x1200s each,a total of 16.0 hours
80cm f/7 AstroOptik Keller corrected cassegrain FLI Proline 16803 Astrodon LRGB GenII filters Prompt 7 CTIO/UNC Chile,remote controlled
image processing: Bernd Flach-Wilken
this picture shows 91% of the FOV of the FLI16803-CCD-camera.Click here to show NGC1832 ina full-resolution result.
here you can see a larger version of the picture above:
a HST version of NGC1832 can be seen here