Deep Sky Object in Autumn
NGC1073 (Galaxy in Cetus)


Date & Time: Dec 24 2022, from 21:00 to 21:44 JST(+0900)
Composed 10 shots with 6 minutes exposed
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3)
with IDAS LPS-P1 Light-pollution suppression filter
Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial & Lacerta M-GEN
Digital Camera: Nikon D810A
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(4080×4080)
Device Size...20×20mm
Sensitivity...ISO4000, White Balance...Daylight


NGC1073 / Galaxy, type SB(rs)c II-III
R.A.02h 43m 40.5s (2000.0)
Dec.+01°22' 34" (2000.0)
Apparent Size4.9×4.4'
Radial Velocity+1209km/s
Magnitude11.5
Distance55 million light yrs.
Group od GalaxiesNGC1068 Group
Other IDsUGC 2210, CGCG 389-2
MCG +0-8-1, IRAS 2411+109
PGC 10329
NGC1073 is a barred spiral galaxy with a size of less than 5 arc minutes lying at 1.8 degrees south of γ Ceti. It is thought to be one of the Seyfert galaxies with an active nucleus, and its two arms are disordered and spread out in the outer periphery. It forms a galaxy group with surrounding member galaxies and is estimated to be 55 million light years away.



Around NGC1060
NGC1087, NGC1090

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