With Halloween just around the corner, what better target to image than the Phantom Galaxy! I was finally able to make it back up to Blue Canyon to finish collecting data on this image just in time for Halloween. This galaxy has low surface brightness which makes it difficult to see visually, requiring ideal conditions…sometimes it’s there and sometimes not…hence the nickname Phantom. This galaxy is 33 million light years away and about the same size as our galaxy. It’s face on orientation and “Grand Design” spiral structure make it very beautiful. I’ve also been slowly adding titles and descriptions to my other photos (concentrating on the aviation ones for now) and will continue to update them whenever I have time.
