NGC 1232

Combination of 3, 3 minute exposures.
SBIG ST-4 CCD. 300mm f/6 newtonian telescope at prime focus.

NGC 1232 is a bright face-on spiral galaxy in Eridanus. It is easily visible as a circular, nebulous patch with a bright centre in an 8" telescope.

Combination of 3, 3 minute exposures.
Meade 416XTE CCD. 300mm f/6 newtonian telescope at prime focus.

The small galaxy to the upper left of NGC 1232 is the 15th magnitude, NGC 1232A.

Combination of 10, 3 minute exposures unfiltered.
SBIG STL-1001E CCD. 20" f/6.8 Dall-Kirkham cassegrain telescope at prime focus.