Interacting Galaxies NGC 1232 and NGC 1232A

[Russ.Carpenter]

This is another beautiful galaxy from down under. This text and image were uploaded to Astrobin this morning, at this URL: https://www.astrobin.com/fvt8dn/

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Interacting Galaxies NGC 1232 and NGC 1232A

Here is yet another case of galaxies altering each other. Although NGC 1232A is much smaller than its sister galaxy NGC 1232, its gravational fields are strong enough to distort its companion galaxy’s spiral arms. Otherwise, NGC 1232 is a wonderfully intricate example of a face-on intermediate spiral.

This is an RGB image processed with a synthetic luminance.

Tech Notes for ASA 500/3.6:
ASA Newtonian, 500 mm aperture, 1900mm focal length, F3.6
FLI Proline 16803, 9 mm pixel, 4096 X 4096
ASA DDM85 equatorial mount
Processing with PixInsight, StarTools, and Affinity Photo