Deep Sky Object in Autumn
Abell 262 (Galaxy Cluster in Andromeda)


Date & Time: Nov 30 2019, from 22:18 to 23:13 JST(+0900)
Composed 10 shots with 6 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 262 / Galaxy Cluster, type 0 1 III
R.A.01h 52m (rough position)
Dec.+36° 08' (rough position)
Apparent Sizeabout 100'
# of galaxies40
Red Shift0.0151
Magnitude13.3
Distance21 million light yrs.
Galactic superclusterPerseus-Pisces supercluster
Abell 262 is a medium-scaled galaxy cluster distributed around a border to Triangulum. The cluster contains about 40 member galaxies in span of about 2 degrees. A comparatively large elliptic galaxy of NGC709 has been positioned. The distance to the cluster has been estimated about 200 millions light years, one of principal clusters forming Perseus-Pisces super galaxy cluster.
Numbers represent NGC #



Abell 194
Abell 347 & NGC891

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