Galaxies
NGC 3115 Spindle Galaxy in Sextans
This lenticular galaxy in the constellation Sextans is around 32 million lightyears distant, and several times larger than our own galaxy. This could equate to perhaps a trillion stars. The disk is seen almost edge-on, and consists of mainly old stars with little gas or dust left for star formation.
The galaxy is very low in the sky as seen from the UK, so this LRGB image is the result of 1.5h of data captured remotely from California, using a 24-inch Planewave CDK reflector and FLI PL-09000 camera.
Date: 18/02/2021
Photographer: Graham Wilcock
