NGC 7070

NGC 7070
NGC 7070

NGC 7070 is a spiral galaxy located 104 million light years away in the constellation of Grus.

It has a close companion galaxy which is listed as NGC 7070A.

The galaxy is classed as a late type spiral meaning it is young by cosmic standards.

The galaxy has a low surface brightness of magnitude 23.4 and a B.magnitude of 12.8, in the field of view it is small at 2.5 x 2’

Imaged in LRGB on my Planewave CDK 1000 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.

Image acquisition and processing: Mike Selby

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