NGC 1398

NGC 1398
NGC 1398

NGC 1398 is an isolated barred spiral galaxy with a double ring structure. It is located in Fornax 65 million light years from here. This deep image shows two faint arms at the 10 o’clock position above the galaxy which we have not seen depicted before.
Imaged in LRGB on our PlaneWave CDK 1000 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.
Image Processing: Mike Selby

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