Deep Sky Object in Summer
Arp 101 (Galaxies in Serpens)



Date & Time: Feb 18 2010, from 28:25 to 29:01 JST(+0900)
Composed 4 shots with 12 minutes exposed
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with a conversion lens (f=1760mm, F7.1)
Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial & Pictor 201XT
Digital Camera: Nikon D50 (Remodeled)
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...12bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(3008×2000)
CCD Sensitivity...ISO1600



Arp 101 / Galaxy, type S0 pec
R.A.16h 04m 31.7s (2000.0)
Dec.+14° 49' 06" (2000.0)
Apparent Size2.2×0.5'
Radial Velocity+4708km/s
Magnitude14.7
DistanceN/A
Group of Galaxies -
Other IDsUGC 10169, CGCG 108-97
MCG +3-41-70, IRAS 16022+1457
PGC 56953
This picture shows you a deep sky object bathed at 2 degrees southeast of gamma Serpentis Caput. Two small galaxies of UGC10169 in north and UGC10164 in south are paralleling with an interval of about 2 arc minutes, interacting gravitatively. Especially northern UGC10169 has a dimmed light lane stretched in north direction with a length of 2 arc minutes. It's considered that the lane is formed from inter-galactic matters spread by the interaction with a paired galaxy.




Draco Dwarf

Arp 102


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