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Catalogue and alternative designations NGC 1534

 

Type Galaxy 
Position 04 08 36, -62 47 51
Constellation Reticulum
Camera and Telescope STXL16200 and 36.8cm RCOS Ritchey Chretien
Focal Ratio F9
Exposure Details This is a LLRGB image with unbinned Luminance = 160 minutes, 2x2 binned Luminance =  120 minutes and Red = Green = Blue =60 Minutes (binned 2x2) using Astrodon 3nm filters. 

 

Description NGC 1534 is a magnitude 10.3 galaxy discovered by John Herschel in 1834. Recently it has been discovered to be a radio galaxy similar to NGC 5128.