NGC 908 In Cetus

NGC 908 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is at a distance of 60 million light years away from Earth. NGC 908 has vigorous star formation and is a starburst galaxy. The galaxy has three-arm spiral pattern, with two arms with peculiar morphology. The central bulge of the galaxy is bright. Cluster of young stars and star forming knots can be seen in the arms. Some faint tidal tails are visible.

Data from El Sauce, Chile 17” Planewave CDK from Martin Pugh’s online telescope.

LRGB - Lum-460m,Red-180m,Green-200min,BLue-220m