Deep Sky Object in Autumn
Around Arp65 (Galaxy Group in Andromeda)


Date & Time: Nov 6 2010, from 20:53 to 21:23 JST(+0900)
Composed 6 shots with 6 minutes exposed
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens (f=1790mm, F7.1)
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


Arp 65 (NGC91) / Galaxy, type S
R.A.00h 21m 51.7s (2000.0)
Dec.+22°24' 01" (2000.0)
Apparent Size3.0×0.9'
Radial Velocity+5173km/s
Magnitude13.6
DistanceN/A
Group of Galaxies -
Other IDsUGC 208, CGCG 479-13
MCG +4-2-11, PGC 1405
This image has captured a small-scaled galaxy group bathed in southern edge of Andromeda, near a border to Aries. About 20 member galaxies have been distributed in 20 arc minutes. NGC91 in lower left hand side is small but has a clear spiral structures, its arms are warped by interaction with NGC93 neighboring in east.
Numbers with 2 digits represent NGC #



Arp 3
Arp113

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