NGC 1637 is an isolated intermediate spiral galaxy 31 million light years away in Eridanus. Of interest in this deep image are the multiple faint blue spiral arms on the outer portion of the galaxy. We have not seen an image previously resolving this feature.
maged in LRGB on our Planewave CDK 1000 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.
Image Processing: Mike Selby and Mark Hanson