Combination of 5, 3 minute exposures unfiltered.
SBIG STL-1001E CCD. 20" f/6.8 Dall-Kirkham cassegrain telescope at prime focus.
NGC 1532 is a moderately bright edge-on, spiral galaxy in Eridanus. Readily visible as an elongated nebulous patch in an 8" telescope, images show NGC 1532 as a beautiful example of an interacting galaxy. The spiral arms of the galaxy have been distorted by the close approach of the small galaxy (NGC 1531) visible just above the nucleus of NGC 1532.
Of the other galaxies visible in the above image, the 13.6 magnitude IC 2041 is visible to the left of NGC 1532, while towards the bottom left of the image is the 15.2 magnitude PGC 14664. Several fainter galaxies are also visible in the image.