Deep Sky Object in Autumn
NGC1169 (Galaxy in Perseus)


Date & Time: Nov 29 2019, from 24:41 to 25:36 JST(+0900)
Composed 10 shots with 6 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 & 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


NGC1169 / Galaxy, type SAB(r)b
R.A.03h 03m 34.7s (2000.0)
Dec.+46°23' 12" (2000.0)
Apparent Size4.2×2.8'
Radial Velocity+2342km/s
Magnitude12.2
Distance114 million light yrs.
Group of Galaxies -
Other IDsUGC 2503, CGCG 554-20
MCG +8-6-25, PGC 11521
A barred galaxy of NGC1169 positions at five degrees southwest of alpha Persei. The galaxy has a long axis of about 4 arc minutes and brightness of 12.2nd magnitude. We can detect structure of a nucleus with barred composition and outer ring-like part. The galaxy has been estimated as 114 million light years away.



NGC1087, NGC1090
NGC6939, NGC6946

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