Deep Sky Object in Autumn
Arp 314 (Galaxy in Aquarius)



Date & Time: Dec 23 2011, from 18:26 to 18:57 JST(+0900)
Composed 6 shots with 6 minutes exposed
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens (f=1790mm, F7.1)
with BaaderPlanetarium Moon & Skyglow filter
Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial & Pictor 201XT
Digital Camera: Nikon D700
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(2784×1848)
Device Size...DX Format (24×16mm)
CCD Sensitivity...ISO3200



Arp314 / Galaxy, type (R')SA(s)bc: pec
R.A.22h 58m 02.1s (2000.0)
Dec.-03°46' 11" (2000.0)
Apparent Size1.0×0.7'
Radial Velocity+3612km/s
Magnitude13.7
DistanceN/A
Group of Galaxies -
Other IDsMCG -1-58-9, Anon 2255-04A
PGC 70127
Around a boundary on Aquarius and Pisces, this image has captured a galactic pair bathed in about a midway between eta and phi Aquarii. Member galaxies of upper right hand side and lower left hand side have numbers of MCG-1-58-9 and MCG-1-58-10, respectively, and their interval is about 2 arc minutes. Both galaxies have sizes of about a minute and brightness of 13th or 14th magnitude. It's considered that they're floating in close and interacting gravitationally each other.




Arp 295

UGC1281


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