Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Eridanus (Eri)  ·  Contains:  NGC 1269  ·  NGC 1291  ·  PGC 102756  ·  PGC 578135  ·  PGC 578203  ·  PGC 578495  ·  PGC 579059  ·  PGC 579436  ·  PGC 579467
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NGC1291 Ring galaxy, Jan Zettergren
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NGC1291 Ring galaxy

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NGC1291 Ring galaxy

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NGC 1291, NGC 1269, is a ring galaxy with an unusual inner bar and outer ring structure located about 33 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus.[1] It was discovered by James Dunlop in 1826 and subsequently entered into the New General Catalogue as NGC 1291 by Johan Ludvig Emil Dreyer.

Standard work flow,
WBPP
Bx LRGB correction
Combine RGB
DBE
SPCC
Bx full
Sx for star image
Stretch RGB with GHS, apply a wee bit of HDRMS
Stretch Lum and Star image
Save to tif
Combine in PS
Finalize in LR

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NGC1291 Ring galaxy, Jan Zettergren