NGC 1357 is a spiral galaxy in the Eridanus constellation. The apparent size of this object is only 3.2 x 2.4 arc minutes, approximate distance from Earth 71 million light years (21.8 Megaparsecs) based on an estimated actual diameter of 22 kiloparsecs.
Image taken using the 32-inch Schulman telescope on Mt. Lemmon, AZ with STL-11000M camera and A/O. Original data frames by Adam Block. Processing by JDS. LLRGB image using Maxim DL4, CCDSharp, and Photoshop CS5.
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