Deep down south in the constellation of Antila you can find this barred spiral-galaxy NGC3175,shining al an apparent magnitude of 11.5mag and a size of 5,2' × 1,3'.

Typed as Hubble-Typ SB(s)ab,its distance from us amounts to about 40mio.light-years.This galaxy is rich in large star-formation-areas.

Together with NGC3113,NGC3125,NGC3137 and ESO 499-037 it is member of the small NGC3175 (LGG 189) Galaxy-Group.

It was first detected by John Herschel in 1835.

position (epoch 2000):

Ra.: 10h 14m 42,1s
Decl.: -28° 52′ 19″

image data:

LRGB image from L = 27x1200s ,RGB = 9x1200s each (540/180/180/180min),a total of 18.0 hours

80cm f/7 AstroOptik Keller corrected cassegrain FLI Proline 16803 Astrodon LRGB Gen-II filters

Prompt 7 CTIO/UNC Chile,remote controlled

image processing: Bernd Flach-Wilken

here you see NGC3175 in the mid of a squared 21.1arc-min. large FoV.

For full resolution click HERE

this is a more detailed look to this galaxy:

this a is comparisation of a HST-portrait of NGC 3175´s-center vs.our one: