Deep Sky Object in Autumn
Abell 119 (Galaxy Cluster in Cetus)


Date & Time: Dec 28 2019, from 19:36 to 20:21 JST(+0900)
Composed 12 shots with 4 minutes exposed
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3)
with BaaderPlanetarium Moon&Skyglow filter
Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial & Lacerta M-GEN
Digital Camera: Nikon D810A
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(4080×4080)
Device Size...20×20mm
Sensitivity...ISO4000, White Balance...Daylight


Abell 119 / Galaxy Cluster, type 1 3 II-III
R.A.00h 56m 24.0s (2000.0)
Dec.-01° 15' 00" (2000.0)
Apparent Size39.2'
# of Galaxies69
Red Shift0.0430
Magnitude15.0
Distance590 million light yrs.
Supergalactic clusterPisces-Cetus supercluster
Abell 119 is a comparatively large-scaled galaxy cluster in the "Pisces-Cetus super galaxy cluster", contains about 70 member galaxies. An elliptic galaxy in the center with a brightness of 13th magnitude has a name of UGC579, and minor galaxies are being distributed in outskirts.



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