Deep Sky Object in Autumn
NGC1024 (Galaxy in Aries)


Date & Time: Nov 26 2011, from 23:36 to 24:08 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


NGC1024 / Galaxy, type (R')SA(r)ab III
R.A.02h 39m 11.7s (2000.0)
Dec.+10°50' 46" (2000.0)
Apparent Size4.1×1.4'
Radial Velocity+3521km/s
Magnitude13.1
DistanceN/A
Group of Galaxies -
Other IDsUGC 2142, CGCG 439-22
Arp 333, MCG +2-7-20
IRAS 2365+1037, PGC 10048
A galaxy in about 1.5 degrees northwest of mu Ceti, forming a head of Cetus, is NGC1024. It's a distinct deep sky object with a size of about 4 arc minutes and a brightness of about 13th magnitude. You can see several companion galaxies in outskirts, a minor one in east of NGC1024 is NGC1020, and southeast one has a number of NGC1029.



NGC1023, IC239
Around NGC1042

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