NGC 1566  “Spirograph in the Sky”

Here is a new version of this wonderful galaxy. Make sure to check out the 100% Crop its quite amazing.

Not all of you remember the spirograph, but it was a very popular toy when I was a kid, in which you made cool, colorful, perfect spiral images.  This image of NGC 1566 really reminds me of that toy. It must be the gorgeous face-on view of NGC 1566, its perfect spiral arms, and the wonderful blue clusters of stars dancing in its dark dust lanes. Overall, this may be the perfect galaxy.

 NGC 1566, sometimes called the “Spanish Dancer” is located in the constellation Dorado, and is the brightest and most dominant galaxy in the Dorado Group, which is one of the richest galaxy groups in the southern hemisphere.

 Imaged in LRGB on a CDK 1000 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile

 Image Processing: Mark Hanson

Data and Preprocessing: Mike Selby

 Enjoy,

Mark