Image : NGC1609 galaxy cluster

NGC1609 is at the center of a nice cluster of galaxies approx. 60Mpc distant. To the lower right of the group is NGC1599 a spiral galaxy with blue colored arms. Near the extreme bottom right corner is IC373 a galaxy at 56.5Mpc with a faint ring around it

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A version of the image with deep sky object annotations by Astap. (2.73MB)

Zoom to NGC1612 at upper left, edge on galaxy PGC15495, NGC1609 and NGC1599 bottom right. (1.7MB)

Zoom on NGC1599

Zoom on IC373 with very faint ring.

IC373 from Aladin data base (SDSS image)