SUNSET: 
0
Photographer:
starman_astro
Location of Photo:
Obstech
Date/Time of photo:
Dec 2025 - Jan 2026
Equipment:
PlaneWave CDK500, Moravian C3-61000 PRO, Chroma LRGB Filters
Description:
This image shows NGC 1055, an edge-on spiral galaxy located roughly 60 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. Though often eclipsed by its nearby neighbor Messier 77, NGC 1055 displays striking internal structure, with prominent dust lanes, a warped disk, and subtle regions of ongoing star formation visible along its length. Captured in LRGB with 20.16 hours of total exposure, the image reveals the galaxy’s thin stellar disk embedded within a faint diffuse halo, set against a richly populated background of foreground stars and distant galaxies. The data were acquired using a PlaneWave CDK500 telescope and a Moravian C3-61000 Pro camera, enabling high-resolution detail and nuanced color across the galaxy’s dusty mid-plane.
