NGC 2442 Meathook Galaxy

Shortlisted in the Galaxies category of the Royal Museums Greenwich Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2023 as “A Cosmic Meathook”, one of 150 images chosen from over 5,000 entries.

Captured at El Sauce Observatory in Chile over four nights in December 2022.

Constellation Volans

Distance about 53 million light-years from Earth

Size 5′ across in our sky