Deep Sky Object in Autumn
Around NGC1060 (Galaxy Group in Triangulum)


Date & Time: Dec 9 2018, from 22:49 to 23:46 JST(+0900)
Composed 8 shots with 8 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 & Pictor 201XT
Digital Camera: Canon EOD 600D (Remodeled)
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(5184×3456)
Sensitivity...ISO1600


NGC1060 / Galaxy, type S0-
R.A.02h 43m 15.1s (2000.0)
Dec.+32°25' 29" (2000.0)
Apparent Size2.3×1.7'
Radial Velocity+5190km/s
Magnitude11.8
Distance250 million light yrs.
Group of GalaxiesLGG72
Other IDsUGC 2191, CGCG 505-38
MCG +5-7-35, PGC 10302
NGC1060 is a small lenticular galaxy positioned at the eastern region of Triangulum. The galaxy is forming a small group with about seven member galaxies in a span of 15 arc minutes. The distance to the galaxy has been estimated as 250 million light years.
Numbers with 4 digits represent NGC #



NGC1055
NGC1073

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