Observation by Alan Thomas: NGC1530 Barred Spiral Galaxy in Camelopa...

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Alan Thomas

Observer

Alan Thomas

Observed

2026 Jan 29 - 21:18

Uploaded

2026 Jan 30 - 14:44

Objects

NGC1530

Equipment

PlaneWave 60cm f/6.5 CDK24 Corrected Dall-Kirkham Astrograph
FLI ProLine KAF-16803 camera
10Micron GM4000 mount

Exposure

60sec.

Location

Observatorio del Teide, Tenerife

Target name

NGC1530 Barred Spiral Galaxy in Camelopardalis

Title

NGC1530 Barred Spiral Galaxy in Camelopardalis

About this image

This spectacular, but seemingly little observed, galaxy was discovered by Wilhelm Temple (1821-1889*) in 1876.

Apparent mag.11.5. Distance c.115million ly. Diameter c.155,000 ly.

* Temple's obituary in The Sidereal Messenger concluded: "His friends cannot forget his pure and disinterested love which made of a humble workman a wise astronomer, gaining for his memory a name that will last as long as the study of the heavenly bodies is held in honor by men."

Files associated with this observation

NGC1530PIRATEv3image-jpeg-i.jpeg (2.6 MB)

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