NGC 1023


Combination of 15, 1 minute images unfiltered.
SBIG STL-1001E CCD. 20" f/6.8 Dall-Kirkham cassegrain telescope at prime focus.

NGC 1023 is a bright and very elongated elliptical galaxy in Perseus. There is a distortion on the eastern edge of the galaxy that looks like a second galaxy either interacting with NGC 1023 or passing in front of the larger galaxy.